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Penny-father

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  1. 1
    A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny. obsolete

    "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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