lickpenny

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that consumes money; a costly thing or place

   The old tavern was a notorious lickpenny for travelers.

A compound of lick (Old English liccian 'to lick') and penny (Old English penig), the image being of something that 'licks up' one's money.

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