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pennif

pennif slang (rare).
  (ˈpɛnɪf)
  [Back-slang f. finnip.]
  = finnip; hence, any bank-note.

1862 [see jug n.² 2 b]. 1891 ‘F. W. Carew’ No. 747 xxxv. 416, I gets clean off with the scawfer and 'bout 'er thirty quid in single-pennifs and silver.

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