finifとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the Yiddish פֿינף‎ (finf, “five”). Doublet of five

名詞

finif (複数形 finifs)

1. (US slang, dated) A five-dollar bill (note).
   • 1884, George Alfred Townsend, The Entailed Hat, or Patty Cannon's Times, Harper & Brothers, p. 182 (Google preview):

     Five of them finniffs makes a quarter of a hundred dollars.

   • 2004, Leigh Montville, Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero, ISBN 9780385507493, (Google preview):

     “Kid, I got a finif [a five-dollar bill],” Orlando said. “I'll split it with you.”

   • 2013, Kevin Baker, The Big Crowd, ISBN 9780618859900, p. 113 (Google preview):

     "You bet much on the fights, Mr. Boyle?" . . .

     "Oh, I dunno. A finniff here, a deuce there."