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pickpennies

pickpennies is the plural of pickpenny.

Meaning of pickpenny

Noun

pickpenny (plural pickpennies)

  1. A miser.
  2. 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...1664, Dr. Henry More, A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, book 2, chapter 9, section 8, page 143
    Synonyms:
    cheat

Questions about pickpennies

What is pickpennies the plural of?
Pickpennies is the plural of pickpenny.

Words near pickpennies in the dictionary

  1. pickoff
  2. pickoffs
  3. Pickover
  4. Pickovers
  5. pickpack
  6. pickpennies
  7. pickpenny
  8. pickpocket
  9. pickpocketed
  10. pickpocketee
  11. pickpocketees

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