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Meaning of lickpenny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
    obsolete
  2. A miserly person.

Examples

“For well London Lykke-peny for ones and eye, / For lake of money I may not spede.”
“[…] at Smyrna, you talked of a lawsuit—law is a lickpenny, Mr Tyrrel—no counsellor like the pound in purse.”
“The Scotsmen, being lickpennies by nature, rode off without paying their bill!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lickport lickpot Licks lickspit lickspittle lickspout

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