Nipfarthing

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A miser. obsolete

    "I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?"

Synonyms

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carlcheap charliecheapskatechurlmiserniggard

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"I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?"

Etymology

From nip + farthing.

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