finnuf

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

A five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.

British usage; Archaic; Slang

"Them that puts the most steam into it will get a finnuf slipped to 'em."
""Ya-ar, she's rich, ain't she? Wotjer think? I lay they got a 'aul! Sixty bob, may be. And crowns! And finnufs! Ar!""

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).

finnufs (plural)

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