scrape-penny
nounEtymology Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.
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Obsolete A miser.
noun
Etymology Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.
Obsolete A miser.
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