Lickpenny
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lickpenny is a noun meaning A miserly person.
Meaning
A miserly person.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
- (obsolete) Expensive.
Example Sentences
The Scotsmen, being lickpennies by nature, rode off without paying their bill!
For well London Lykke-peny for ones and eye, / For lake of money I may not spede.
[…] at Smyrna, you talked of a lawsuit—law is a lickpenny, Mr Tyrrel—no counsellor like the pound in purse.
His pouch was now all void and empty, his future years were like to be sour, thoughty, and woe-begone, and himself a cumberworld, unsicker of his scarce and slender livelihood in lickpenny London, forced to beg, steal, or starve, and gaping after honest death.
Word Forms
- lickpennies
Synonyms for lickpenny
Depending on context, synonyms include expensive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include get-penny, getpenny, penny, pinchpenny, pennying, megapenny.
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