One who or that which ‘licks up’ the pennies; something that ‘makes the money go’. Also attributive.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > something demanding excessive expenditure (4) lickpenny14.. One who or that which ‘licks up’ the pennies; something that ‘makes the money go’. Also attributive. white elephant1555 An elephant with unusually pale skin; spec. an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) of a kind having pale skin, hair, nails, and eyes, formerly kept… white elephant1721 figurative. A burdensome or costly objective, enterprise, or possession, esp. one that appears magnificent; a financial liability. rathole1863 North American. A seemingly bottomless pit. Chiefly figurative (esp. in down the rathole and variants): an uncontrolled drain on money or resources. |
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