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pinchpenny
ˈpinchpenny (ˈpɪn(t)ʃˌpɛnɪ) Pl. -pennies, also 6 -pence. [f. pinch- + penny.] A niggardly person; a skinflint, a miser. Also attrib.c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4095 (MS. Reg. 17 D vi) Thou pynchepeny, there ay mote thou slepe. 1569 Newton Cicero's Olde Age 48 Myserable nygardes and penchpenies. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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pynepeny
† ˈpynepeny Obs. [f. (?) pine v. + penny; cf. pinchpenny.] A niggard.c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4095 Thow pynepeny [v.r. pynchepeny], ther ay mot þou slepe! Oxford English Dictionary
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Howard W. Robertson
p. 4) Yet Another Small Magazine (v. 2, no. 1, 1983, p. 5) Yellow Silk (no. 6, winter 1983, p. 5) Negative Capability (v. 2, no. 4, fall 1982, p. 84) Pinchpenny wikipedia.org
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Julia Kasdorf
Pinchpenny Press, 1983. Published as Julia Spicher. Sleeping Preacher. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. Eve's Striptease. wikipedia.org
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pinch-
pinch- in Comb.: [chiefly the imperative or verb-stem with the second element in objective relation to it; sometimes the n.] pinch-back, one who pinches his own or another's back, by stinting it of proper clothing; also attrib.; pinch-bar = pinch n. 16: see quot.; pinch-batter = pinch-hitter; pinch-... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Vanbrugh
Playwright Vanbrugh arrived in London at a time of scandal and internal drama at London's only theatre company, as a long-running conflict between pinchpenny wikipedia.org
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scalp
▪ I. scalp, n.1 (skælp) Also 4–7 skalp, 5–7 scalpe, 6 skalpe; (chiefly Sc.) 5, 8 skap, 6 scawpe, skape, 7 scop, 8–9 scaup, scawp, 9 scap. [Northern ME. scalp; presumably of Scandinavian origin, though the Eng. senses are not found in any Scandinavian or Teut. language. Cf. ON. skálp-r sheath, Da. di... Oxford English Dictionary
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Adaptations of The Phantom of the Opera
The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera: An Affordable Musical Comedy (1988) by Dave Reiser and Jack Sharkey. wikipedia.org
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