English Dictionary

penny-father

noun

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

My father gave me a penny.

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.)