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Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.
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scrape-penny
Today it means: A miser. Full definition →
Today it means: A miser. Full definition →
Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.