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scrape-penny

scrape-penny noun: a miser.

Noun

scrape-penny (plural scrape-pennies)

  1. (obsolete) A miser.

scrape-penny meaning in Tamil

scrape-penny in Tamil

துணுக்குண்ணி

Forms of scrape-penny

pluralscrape-pennies

Origin of scrape-penny

Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.

Questions about scrape-penny

What does scrape-penny mean?
Scrape-penny means a miser.
What is scrape-penny in Tamil?
Scrape-penny in Tamil is துணுக்குண்ணி. See Scrape-penny meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scrape-penny?
Scrape-penny is a noun.
What is the plural of scrape-penny?
The plural of scrape-penny is scrape-pennies.

Words near scrape-penny in the dictionary

  1. scrape together
  2. scrape up
  3. scrape-good
  4. scrape-goods
  5. scrape-pennies
  6. scrape-penny
  7. scrapeable
  8. scrapeage
  9. scraped
  10. scraped along
  11. scraped at the bottom of the barrel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrape-penny (page history and authors); scrape-penny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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