finnuf

English

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿינף (finf, “five”). Doublet of five, pimp, and fin.

Noun

finnuf (plural finnufs)

1. (UK, slang, archaic) A five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
   • 1927, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Ladies and Gentlemen, page 129:

     Them that puts the most steam into it will get a finnuf slipped to 'em.

   • 1949, Theodore Bonnet, The Mudlark, page 216:

     "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!"

Anagrams

• nuffin