lickpenny (plural lickpennies)
(obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive.
A miserly person.
lickpenny (comparative more lickpenny, superlative most lickpenny)
(obsolete) Expensive.
• See expensive
Source: Wiktionary
Lick"pen`ny, n.
Definition: A devourer or absorber of money. "Law is a lickpenny." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
