What does penny-father mean?

penny-father

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

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Obsolete

"On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)"
"Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor."

penny-fathers (plural)

miser pauper

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