His pouch was now all void and empty, his future years were like to be sour, thoughty, and woe-begone, and himself a cumberworld, unsicker of his scarce and slender livelihood in lickpenny London, forced to beg, steal, or starve, and gaping after honest death.

For well London Lykke-peny for ones and eye, / For lake of money I may not spede.

[…] at Smyrna, you talked of a lawsuit—law is a lickpenny, Mr Tyrrel—no counsellor like the pound in purse.

The Scotsmen, being lickpennies by nature, rode off without paying their bill!

Lickpenny

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