penny dog (penidog)

The tope or miller's dog, a kind of shark. See tope. [Local, Eng.] penny-fathert (pen'i-fä" Ther), n. A penurious or miserly person; a niggard; a skinflint. Knowing them [rich men] to be such niggish peny fathers that they be sure, as long as they live, not the worth of one farthing of that heap of gold shall come to them. Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. &. Illiterate hinds, rude boors, and hoary penny - fathers Middle ton, Father Hubbard's Tales.