“fivepence”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

fivepence

释义

fivepence|ˈfaɪvpəns|
Also colloq. fippence.
[f. five + pence.]
a. A sum of money, equal in value to five pennies. Phrase. as fine as fivepence: see fine a. 16. See also fippence.
b. U.S. The value of 5 cents or 2½d. (Cent. Dict.).
1564W. Bullein Dial. agst. Fever (E.E.T.S.) 62 Out of the countree..as fine as fippence!1662I. T. Grim Collier Croydon ii. in Gratiæ Theatrales sig. G12^v, As a man would say, finer than Five pence, or..more proud than a Peacock.1672Wycherley Love in Wood v. 80 His Mistress is as fine as fippence, in her embroidered Satens.1793W. B. Stevens Jrnl. 21 Feb. (1965) 69 Unde derivatur as fine as Fivepence vulgo dict Fippence?1805E. Cavanagh Let. 4 Oct. in M. & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) II. 187 All sorts of Music playing as fine as five Pence!

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