"pickpenny" meaning in All languages combined

See pickpenny on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pickpennies [plural]
Etymology: pick + penny Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pick|penny}} pick + penny Head templates: {{en-noun}} pickpenny (plural pickpennies)
  1. A miser. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pickpenny-en-noun-xu2-Xttk Disambiguation of People: 48 52
  2. A sharper Categories (topical): People Synonyms (sharper): cheat
    Sense id: en-pickpenny-en-noun-XwewbbqS Disambiguation of People: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'sharper': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nipfarthing (alt: miser), pinchpenny, swindler

Inflected forms

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