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nipfarthing

nipfarthing noun: a miser.

Noun

nipfarthing (plural nipfarthings)

  1. (obsolete) A miser.
    • I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?1566, “1st satire”, in Drant, Thomas, transl., A Medicinable Morall, translation of Satires by Horace
    • Were you hoping to benefit from your sister's marriage, Sebastian? Are all the rumors I have heard of your gambling and other debts true? And is your father still the nipfarthing you have always claimed him to be?2017, Mary Balogh, No Ordinary Love
    Synonyms:
    miser

Synonyms of nipfarthing

Forms of nipfarthing

pluralnipfarthings

Origin of nipfarthing

From nip + farthing.

Questions about nipfarthing

What does nipfarthing mean?
Nipfarthing means a miser.
What part of speech is nipfarthing?
Nipfarthing is a noun.
What is the plural of nipfarthing?
The plural of nipfarthing is nipfarthings.

Words near nipfarthing in the dictionary

  1. nipcheese
  2. nipcheeses
  3. nipecotic
  4. nipecotic acid
  5. niperotidine
  6. nipfarthing
  7. nipfarthings
  8. niphablepsia
  9. niphargid
  10. niphargids
  11. niphatenone

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