DCHP-3

five-cent piece

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a Canadian coin worth five cents; nickel.

See: nickel

Quotations

1862
Canada never stirred a finger, and to-day she is not, as she deserves not to be, a five-cent piece better off for her near proximity to Red River than she would have been had that country remained inaccessible save through Hudson's Bay.
1953
To most, such discussions lacked a sense of reality, especially in the light of Mr. King's expression not to contribute a five-cent piece toward their relief.