An archaic British term for five pence or a small sum of money.
Dialectal or archaic variant of 'fivepence,' from 'five' + 'pence.' British monetary terminology.
Medieval and early modern British currency systems were so complex that people invented dozens of words for small amounts—'fippence' was barely worth mentioning, yet people still counted it carefully.
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