| 单词 |
finnip |
| 释义 |
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.
1839W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 112 If he finds any ‘finnips’ (5l. notes)..he gives them to Nelson to fence. 1846R. L. Snowden Magistr. Assist. 346, I..got six Finnips and a Cooter for the Yacks. 1859Hotten Slang Dict. 39 Finuf, a five-pound note. 1859G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 32 Finniff, five dollars. 1865Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 396 The notes were all finnies ({pstlg}5 notes), and a good imitation. 1879Macm. Mag. Oct. 505/1 Fifty quid in double finns. 1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang I. 343/1 Finnup ready, a five-pound note. 1931D. Runyon Guys & Dolls (1932) vii. 141 He asks me if I happen to have a finnif on me, but of course I am not giving finnifs to guys like Feet Samuels, and finally he offers to compromise with me for a deuce, so I can see things must be very bad with Feet for him to come down from five dollars to two. 1966R. Stout Death of Doxy (1967) v. 47, I..got out my wallet and extracted a finif. |
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