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单词 share-penny
释义

share-pennyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: share v.1, penny n.
Etymology: < share v.1 + penny n.Perhaps with a punning allusion to share v.2, since the character referred to is a usurer.
Obsolete.
A person who spends as little money as possible; a mean or parsimonious person; a miser.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > of the worst kind
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hood-pick?a1513
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skin1900
tight-ass1969
1606 Wily Beguilde 7 Ile goe neere to cosen olde father share-penny of his daughter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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