Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A niggardly person; a nip-cheese.

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Examples

  • ‘pinchpenny’ (Holland), or ‘nipfarthing’ (Drant), as well as or better than miser.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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