fippenny bit

Noun

Pennsylvania US obsolete

(obsolete, US, Pennsylvania region) The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar.

Japanese Meaning

米国ペンシルバニア地方でかつて用いられた用語で、スペインの半・レアル、すなわち1/16ドルを指す貨幣単位を意味する。

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At the country market, an elderly farmer paid for the apples with a fippenny bit, a Spanish half real that his family had used for generations in Pennsylvania.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

郊外の市場で、年配の農夫は家族が代々ペンシルベニアで使ってきたスペインの半レアル（1ドルの16分の1）でリンゴの代金を支払った。

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(obsolete, US, Pennsylvania region) The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar.

fippenny bits

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