penny-prick
/ˌpɛnɪˈprɪk/Now historical and rare
noun
A game in which something is thrown or shot at a penny or other coin (often on a stick) serving as a target.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls. From penny + prick.
- scale
- scaleability
- scaleable
- scale armour
- scale board
- scaled
- scaled-down
- scale insect
- scale leaf
- scaleless
- scalene
- scalene muscle
- scalenus
- scale of notation
- scale pan
- scaler
- scale something back/down (or up)
- scale worm
- Scalia, Antonin
- Scaliger, Joseph Justus
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar
- scaliness
- scaling ladder
- scallion
- scallop