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- mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's
mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's
mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
Very mean. To keep a deceased's eyes closed, undertakers or whoever tended the body placed coins on the eyes. Anyone who would steal the money was indeed reprehensible. Just as evil was a man who was “mean enough to steal his wife's egg money,” pin money earned from selling eggs that the family didn't use themselves.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Aidan | | AY-dən | Irish, Scottish, English (Modern) |
Karl | | [ka:l] | |
Kareem | | - | Arabic |
Gweneth | | - | Welsh |
Sigfrido | | seeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
Lumi | | LOO-mee | Finnish |