a person who hoards or filches money in small amounts; = pinchpenny, n.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > one who wants or acquires money > specific desirously or avariciously (13) pick-penny1440 a person who hoards or filches money in small amounts; = pinchpenny, n. scraper1561 A person who ‘scrapes together’; esp. one who strives meanly to make and save money, a money-grubber. Now rare. grubber1578 One who gets together wealth by sordid or contemptible methods. Now usually money-grubber. coin-cormorant1594 one greedy for money, an avaricious person. purse-leech1605 a person who extorts money from others. purse-emptier1611 a person who costs or charges a lot of money; †a thief (cf. compounds 1d(b)) (obsolete). pouch-penny1629 An avaricious person. purse-sucker1671 = purse-leech n. gruba1681 contemptuous. Perhaps: a money-grubber. Obsolete. money-grub1768 = money-grubber, n. money-grubber1825 A person who seeks assiduously to acquire or accumulate money, esp. by sordid or contemptible methods; a person motivated chiefly by avarice or… scratch-penny1835 a money-grubber (cf. scrape-penny n. at scrape, v. compounds 1). get-rich-quicker1914 a person who desires to make quick profits. |
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