penny-father

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.

日本語の意味

一銭を惜しみ、極端に倹約する人、ケチな人

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Everyone in the village called Mr. Hargreaves a penny-father because he counted every coin before bed.

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村の誰もがハーグリーブズさんを守銭奴と呼んでいた。彼は寝る前に一枚一枚の硬貨を数えていたからだ。

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意味（1）

(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.

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.)

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penny-fathers

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