The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lickpenny
Lickpenny \Lick"pen`ny\ (-p[e^]n`n[y^]), n.
A devourer or absorber of money. ``Law is a lickpenny.''
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
lickpenny
n. A devourer or absorber of money.
Usage examples of "lickpenny".
He would portion out warm clothes to the companions, and devil care if old lickpenny Zebedee grumbled.
And that ain’t evidence, as Mr Lickpenny Steane took care to inform me!