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(chiefly Britain) a ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall. examples
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(poker slang) A pair of fives.
(UK, prison slang) The cells located on the fourth floor.
(finance, archaic) Shares at a rate of five percent. quotations
Look what the funds were on the 1st of March—what the French fives were when I bought for the count. And what they're at now.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848