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† ˈlickpenny Obs.
[f. lick v.]
One who or that which ‘licks up’ the pennies; something that ‘makes the money go’. Also attrib.
14..? Lydg. (title) London Lyckpeny. c1600Day Begg. Bednall Gr. ii. ii. (1881) 34 London lick penny call ye it,—t'as lick'd me with a witness. 1607Dekker Sir T. Wyatt Wks. 1873 III. 116 Wiat. Sweet musicke, gallant fellow Londoners. Clo. Y faith we are the madcaps, we are the lickpennies. 1648Gage West Ind. xix. (1655) 151 Their Religion is a dear and lick-penny religion for such poor Indians. 1694Dryden Love Triumphant i. i, She has two devils in her eyes; that last ogle was a lick-penny. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xxviii, Law is a lick-penny, Mr. Tyrrel. |