† pynepenyn.
Obsolete. rare.
A miser, a pinchpenny.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person
nithinga1225
chinch?a1300
nigc1300
chincher1333
shut-purse1340
niggardc1384
haynec1386
nigona1400
pinchera1425
pinchpenny?c1425
pynepenya1450
pelt1511
chincherda1529
churl1535
pinchbeck1538
carl?1542
penny-father1549
nipfarthing1566
nipper?1573
holdfast1576
pinchpence1577
pinch fistc1580
pinchfart1592
shit-sticks1598
clunchfist1606
puckfist1606
sharp-nose1611
spare-good1611
crib1622
hog grubber?1626
dry-fist1633
clusterfist1652
niggardling1654
frummer1659
scrat1699
sting-hum1699
nipcheese1785
pincha1825
screw1825
wire-drawer1828
close-fist1861
penny-pincher1875
nip-skin1876
parer1887
pinch-plum1892
cheapskate1899
meanie1902
tightwad1906
stinge1914
penny-peeler1925
mean1938
stiff1967
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4095 (MED) To hym þat lith in helle depe I-bounde, The, auarice, by-take I to kepe; Thow pynepeny [v.r. pynchepeny], ther ay mot þou slepe!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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n.a1450- borking
- borks
- borley
- borlotti
- borlotti bean
- borlotti beans
- borlottis
- bormethyl
- born
- born alive
- born and bred
- born and raised
- born brother
- born down
- born fool
- born idiot
- born in purple
- born in the purple
- born in wedlock
- born man
- born out
- born out of wedlock
- born tired
- born to purple
- born to the purple