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
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
