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Spriggins | 15:59 Sat 11th May 2013 | Crosswords
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Word meaning 5d in predecimal currency: f?p?????
A ticket that may (or may not) conceal a prize: ?????c? c?r?
A deep collar worn to cover a low neckline: ?e?t?a
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2 Scratch Card
15:59 Sat 11th May 2013
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fippence
16:00 Sat 11th May 2013
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1 Fippence ?
16:00 Sat 11th May 2013
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bertha
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2 Scratch Card
16:00 Sat 11th May 2013
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3 Bertha
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Remember threepenny bits & tanners. Fipenny? is a new one. Was it a coin, once?
16:10 Sat 11th May 2013
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Fippenny+bit

Fip´pen`ny bit`
1. The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, - so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.
16:13 Sat 11th May 2013
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Thank you all. I grew up with old money, and flippance is new to me too.
16:18 Sat 11th May 2013
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I remember farthings halfpennies pennies threepenny bit sixpence and a shilling half crown but never heard special word for 5d
16:22 Sat 11th May 2013
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To be fair, we never talked about (or dreamt about) anything over thruppence. Sob,sob.
16:36 Sat 11th May 2013
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never heard of fippence - it was thruppence or sixpence
16:38 Sat 11th May 2013

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