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名詞

nipfarthing (複数形 nipfarthings)

1. (obsolete) A miser.
   • 1566, Drant, Thomas, transl., “1st satire”, in A Medicinable Morall‎^[1], 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, Balogh, Mary, 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?

同意語

• See Thesaurus:miser