fivepencen.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪfpn̩s/,

/ˈfʌɪvpn̩s/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪvˌpɛns/,

/ˈfaɪvpəns/

Forms: Also colloquial fippence n.

Etymology: < five adj. and n. + pence n.

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a. A sum of money, equal in value to five pennies. Phrase. as fine as fivepence: see fine adj. 10. See also fippence n.

b. U.S. The value of 5 cents or 2½d. ( Cent. Dict.).

ΚΠ

1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 46 Out of the countree,..as fine as fippence.

1662 I. T. Haughton's Grim the Collier ii, in Gratiæ Theatrales As a man would say, finer than Five pence, or..more proud than a Peacock.

1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood v. 80 His Mistress is as fine as fippence, in her embroidered Satens.

1793 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 21 Feb. (1965) 69 Unde derivatur as fine as Fivepence vulgo dict Fippence?

1805 E. Cavanagh Let. 4 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 187 All sorts of Music playing as fine as five Pence!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fivepence
释义	fivepencen. Brit. /ˈfʌɪfpn̩s/, /ˈfʌɪvpn̩s/, U.S. /ˈfaɪvˌpɛns/, /ˈfaɪvpəns/ Forms: Also colloquial fippence n. Etymology: < five adj. and n. + pence n. Thesaurus » Categories » a. A sum of money, equal in value to five pennies. Phrase. as fine as fivepence: see fine adj. 10. See also fippence n. b. U.S. The value of 5 cents or 2½d. ( Cent. Dict.). ΚΠ 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 46 Out of the countree,..as fine as fippence. 1662 I. T. Haughton's Grim the Collier ii, in Gratiæ Theatrales As a man would say, finer than Five pence, or..more proud than a Peacock. 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood v. 80 His Mistress is as fine as fippence, in her embroidered Satens. 1793 W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 21 Feb. (1965) 69 Unde derivatur as fine as Fivepence vulgo dict Fippence? 1805 E. Cavanagh Let. 4 Oct. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 187 All sorts of Music playing as fine as five Pence! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1564
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