Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A miser.

Origin

Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and p

Compound of scrape + penny. Attested in 1584, in the writing of Thomas Lodge, author and physician.

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Forms

plural: scrape-pennies
Singularscrape-penny
Pluralscrape-pennies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scrapbookscrapescraperscrapingscratchB2

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