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penny-father en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.
Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.
1629, Pasquil, Jests:On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)
c. 1555, The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon:
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Synonyms
miser · pauper