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Meaning of penny-father | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.

obsolete

Examples

“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.)”
“Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

penny-grass penny-in-the-slot machine penny-pig penny-pincher penny-pinching Pennyburn

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