nipfarthing

English

Etymology

From nip +‎ farthing.

Noun

nipfarthing (plural nipfarthings)

1. (obsolete) A miser.
   • 1566, “1st satire”, in Drant, Thomas, transl., A Medicinable Morall‎, translation of Satires by Horace:

     I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?

   • 2017, Mary Balogh, No Ordinary Love:

     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?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:miser