a Canadian coin worth five cents; nickel.
See also: nickel
- 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.