nipfarthing

English

Etymology

nip +‎ farthing

Noun

nipfarthing (plural nipfarthings)

  1. (obsolete) A miser.
    • 1566, Drant, Thomas, transl., “1st satire”, in A Medicinable Morall‎, translation of Satires by Horace:
      I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?
    • 2017, Balogh, Mary, No Ordinary Love:
      Were you hoping to benefit from your sister's marriage, Sebastian? Are all the rumors I have heard of your gambling and other debts true? And is your father still the nipfarthing you have always claimed him to be?

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