English Explanatory Dictionary

scrape-penny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A miser.

Word forms

scrape-penny scrape-pennies

Etymology

Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.

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