Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A niggardly person; a nip-cheese.
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Examples
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‘pinchpenny’ (Holland), or ‘nipfarthing’ (Drant), as well as or better than miser.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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