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nipfarthing

noun

Etymology

From nip + farthing.

  1. inherited from *fedurþungaz✻ — “a quarter”
  2. inherited from fēorþing
  3. inherited from ferthing
  4. compounded as nipfarthing — “nip + farthing”

Definitions

  1. A miser.

    • I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA