fifty n.
1. (Aus.) fifty lashes.
(con. 1820s) Settlers & Convicts 26: A mad had several ‘fifties’ on consecutive days, to compel him to confess a robbery. |
2. (US) a $50.00 bill.
Wenatchee Dly World (WA) 30 Sept. 4/2: He would carelessly fish out [...] a large Wad of the Green Kind with a Fifty for a Wrapper. |
3. (Aus.) a pint of beer composed of 50% old beer and 50% new.
Cop This Lot (1965) 147: ‘Wouldn’ mind bein’ there now, but. Long cold schooner o’ fifty, eh?’. | ||
Outcasts of Foolgarah (1975) 82: Five schooners of fifty, thanks, love. | ||
It’s Your Shout, Mate 44: ‘I tried ’em all - new an’ old and fifty fifty an’ what have you’. | ||
Outback Touring 121: In New South Wales some pubs have both old and new beer on tap [...] A ‘fifty’ is a 50-50 combination of new and old, i.e. half a glass from one tap and half from the other [AND]. | ||
🌐 [blog comment] I remember a lot of old blokes drinking fifty. | in Rock the Bloody Boat! 31 Aug.
4. (US drugs) a packet of a drug worth $50.
When Shadows Fall 161‘: Wanna sell me a fifty?’ [...] ‘Sucka,’ he drawled at J.B., ‘I ain’t no dope dealer. I sniff coke, not sell it’. | ||
(con. 1982–6) Cocaine Kids (1990) 47: I’m gonna make up all the twenties, the fifties [$20 and $50 packets]. |
5. (US black) the police [five-oh n.].
Tuff 174: Fifty came in and blew up the spot, next day my shit was ghost. |
6. (N.Z. prison) an insult, a stupid person [the insignificance of the sum of 50 cents].
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 68/1: fifty (also fifty cents) n. an unintelligent inmate: ‘Hey, fifty! Come over here!’. |
7. a £50.00 note.
Viva La Madness 19: Swigging pints of D.P. and lighting fat crigars with a fifty. |
In compounds
(N.Z. prison) a despicable individual, thus a prostitute.
Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 68/1: fifty-center n. 1 a person who is only just deemed worthy to talk to 2 a prostitute. [because she is ‘cheap’.]. |
In phrases
(Irish) to be rebuffed, rejected or ‘stood up’ by a woman.
Everyday Eng. and Sl. 🌐 Fifty (n): stood-up (I got a fifty). |