pickpenny
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pickpenny
Where it comes from
From pick + penny.
noun pickpennies
- A miser.
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A sharper
[…]and therefore lie wholly at the mercy of him whom the greatness of his Title and Pontifical Pomp, exceeding so infinitely his just Revenues, must make a severe exacter of Tribute from them that are most appropriately under his power, and thereby put them to unworthy shifts and sharkings upon the
Similar: cheat
Similar: nipfarthing, pinchpenny, swindler
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: nipfarthing, pinchpenny, swindler
Talk about this word "pickpenny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pickpenny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pickpenny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pickpenny "pickpenny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pickpenny.Cite this
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title = {pickpenny},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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