General attributive with the sense ‘of, relating to, or involving pence’, as pence-collection, †pence-dealing, †pence-lack, etc.; †pence-encumbered…
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > lack of money (11) pence-lackc1400 General attributive with the sense ‘of, relating to, or involving pence’, as pence-collection, †pence-dealing, †pence-lack, etc.; †pence-encumbered… a short purse1548 a short purse: a purse soon exhausted; scanty resources. So a short kennel: a small pack of hounds. disability1624 Inability to pay; lack of financial means. Also figurative. Obsolete. low tide1699 slang. The state or condition of being in financial difficulties. Cf. low water, n. 2. Obsolete. embarrassment1727 A state of financial difficulty; shortage of money. Frequently in plural. Now chiefly with modifying adjective, as financial, monetary. impecuniosity1818 The quality or condition of being impecunious; lack of money. soldier's thigh1841 (see quot. 1841, and cf. soldier-thighed adj. at compounds 3). pennilessness1852 hard-uppishness1859 hard-upness1869 ooflessness1889 lack of (ready) money; poverty. |
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