Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A penurious or miserly person; a niggard; a skinflint.
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Examples
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"Why, lad, here have I been, like an old curmudgeon as I am, well-nigh setting thee down as a penny-father, because I knew not what thou didst with thy money.
It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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