"pickpenny" meaning in All languages combined

See pickpenny on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pickpennies [plural]
Etymology: From pick + penny. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pick|penny}} pick + penny Head templates: {{en-noun}} pickpenny (plural pickpennies)
  1. A miser.
    Sense id: en-pickpenny-en-noun-xu2-Xttk
  2. A sharper Synonyms (sharper): cheat
    Sense id: en-pickpenny-en-noun-XwewbbqS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'sharper': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nipfarthing (alt: miser), pinchpenny, swindler
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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