subs. phr. (old).—A miser; a SKINFLINT (q.v.).
1606. Wily Beguiled [HAWKINS, The Origin of the English Drama, iii. 299]. I’ll go near to cosen old father SHARE-PENNY of his daughter.
subs. phr. (old).—A miser; a SKINFLINT (q.v.).
1606. Wily Beguiled [HAWKINS, The Origin of the English Drama, iii. 299]. I’ll go near to cosen old father SHARE-PENNY of his daughter.
