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  • "Would a fi'pun note make any difference?" he asked in a low voice.

    More Cargoes 1897 1903

  • "Would a fi'pun note make any difference?" he asked in a low voice.

    Sea Urchins 1903

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  • Abbrev. for "five-pound."

    "'But here is a fi'pun note, to be repaid out of your next prize-money, if it would prove useful to you.'"

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 23

    February 19, 2008