nipfarthing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete

"I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?"
"Were you hoping to benefit from your sister's marriage, Sebastian? Are all the rumors I have heard of your gambling and other debts true? And is your father still the nipfarthing you have always claimed him to be?"

From nip + farthing.

nipfarthings (plural)

miser

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