penny-father

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penny-father

noun penny-fathers

obsolete A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny. On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)
Similar: miser, pauper

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@misc{penny_father_2026,
  title = {penny-father},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penny-father},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}