penny-father

English

penny-father (plural penny-fathers)

(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.
- c. 1555, The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon:
  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.)
- 1629, Pasquil, Jests:
  Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.

单词	penny-father
释义	penny-father English Noun penny-father (plural penny-fathers) (obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny. c. 1555, The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon: 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.) 1629, Pasquil, Jests: Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor. Synonyms See Thesaurus:miser or Thesaurus:pauper.
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