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penny pincher |
penny pinching |
penny stock |
penny-a-liner |
penny-pinch |
penny-pinching
| penny-wise
| pennycress
| pennyroyal
| pennyroyal oil
| pennyweight
penny-pinching
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun penny-pinching has 1 sense
- penny-pinching(n = noun.attribute) parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; Array is a kind of frugality, frugalness
Derived form adjective penny-pinching1
Adjective penny-pinching has 1 sense
- penny-pinching(s = adj.all) cheeseparing, close, near, skinny - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" Derived form noun penny-pinching1
CIDE DICTIONARY
penny-pinching, n.
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. [WordNet 1.5]
penny-pinching, adj.
Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing. [WordNet 1.5]
For further exploring for "penny-pinching" in Webster Dictionary Online
