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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny..
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.)
Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.
Use penny-father when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Penny-father means (obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny..
Common synonyms include miser, pauper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.)
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