fish scale

See also: fish-scale and fishscale

English

Etymology

From the scales of fish, due to the silver colour and the thinness of the coin.

Noun

fish scale (countable and uncountable, plural fish scales)

1. Alternative form of fishscale.
2. (slang, Canada) An early 5 cent coin of Canada; an early Canadian nickel.

Anagrams

• scalefish