Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A greedy or covetous person; a grasper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A devourer or absorber of money.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
devourer orabsorber ofmoney .
Etymologies
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lick + penny
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Examples
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But a lickpenny is something that costs too much (as in "Law is a lickpenny, Mr. Tyrrell," in Scott's St. Ronan's).
whichbe commented on the word lickpenny
An absorber or devourer of money.
May 12, 2008
madmouth commented on the word lickpenny
The next great allegorical novel of Western literature must have Mizer E. Lickpenny as its protagonist.
April 16, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word lickpenny
Favorited!
December 8, 2010
qms commented on the word lickpenny
Though I have no money to spare
I still like to spend and to share,
Thereby to afflict any
Envious lickpenny
Who squats on a hoard in his lair.
December 2, 2015