† pennycratchingn.Obsolete (probably) money-grubbing (cf. cratchv. 2).Apparently an isolated use.
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1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 457 b What shall we say of the Maunger? which is shewed at Rome in the Cathedrall Church of Mary Maior, not without pennycrooching?