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finnip
ˈfinnip slang. Also finn, finny, fin(n)if(f), finnup, finuf. [Said to be a Yiddish pronunc. of Ger. fünf five.] A five-pound note. Also U.S., five dollars.1839 W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 112 If he finds any ‘finnips’ (5l. notes)..he gives them to Nelson to fence. 1846 R. L. Snowden Magis...
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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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finny
▪ I. finny, a.1 (ˈfɪnɪ) [f. fin n.1 + -y1.] 1. Provided with or having fins; finned.1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. viii. 29 Proteus..Along the fomy waves driving his finny drove. 1695 Blackmore Pr. Arth. iv. 52 The Finny or the Feather'd Kind. 1850 Blackie æschylus I. 142 With finny monsters teems the sea. ...
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yack
▪ I. yack, n.1 slang (chiefly Criminals'). Now rare. (jæk) Also yak. [Prob. a. Romany ya(c)k eye (cf. bull's-eye n. 13).] A watch.1789 Sessions Papers Old Bailey Sept. 801/1 He said they had frisked him from top to toe, but had not found the yack. 1812 J. H. Vaux Vocab. Flash Lang. in Mem. (1819) II...
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fin
▪ I. fin, n.1 (fɪn) Forms: 1 finn, 3–7 finne, (7 finn), 4–5 fyn(ne, (south. vyn(ne), 7– fin. Also 7 phin. [OE. finn str. masc., cognate with the synonymous MDu. vinne (mod.Du. vin) fem., MLG. finne fem.; the mod.Ger. finne is prob. adopted from LG. The L. pinna fin is prob. the same word.] 1. a. An ...
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stall
▪ I. stall, n.1 (stɔːl) Forms: 1 steall, steal, stal, 3–7 stal, stalle, 3 steal, 3–4 stel, 4–6 stale, (5 stayle, stawll), 6 staull, stawle, stawyll, 6–7 staule, 7 staul, 6–9 Sc. staw, 3– stall. [Com. Teut. (wanting in Gothic): OE. steall masc. standing, state, place, stall for cattle, corresponds to...
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