Like so many other men of means, he was a penny pincher (New Yorker).
SYNONYM(S): miser, skinflint.Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pen|ny-pinch|ing — «PEHN ee PIHN chihng», noun, adjective. Informal. –n. an exercising of care in the spending of money; being stingy: »Penny pinching is fine as far as it goes, but it is the whole inflated balloon of Government that really needs to be pinched… … Useful english dictionary
pen·ny-pinch·ing — … Useful english dictionary
pinch|pen|ny — «PIHNCH PEHN ee», adjective, noun, plural nies. Informal. –adj. too economical; frugal; miserly: »a pinchpenny management. –n. a niggardly person; skinflint; miser … Useful english dictionary
ny-pinch — pen·ny pinch; … English syllables
penny-pinch — pen·ny pinch … English syllables
penny-pinching — pen|ny pinch|ing [ peni ,pıntʃıŋ ] adjective unwilling to spend money ╾ pen|ny pinch|ing noun uncount ╾ pen|ny pinch|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
penny-pinching — pen·ny pinch·ing (pĕnʹē pĭn chĭng) adj. Giving or spending money grudgingly; niggardly. penʹny pinch ing n. * * * … Universalium
penny pincher — pen′ny pinch er n. a stingy person • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
close in — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, approach, appropinquate, approximate, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box in, cage, center, centralize, chamber, close, close up, close with, come,… … Moby Thesaurus
detention — [n] confinement, imprisonment apprehension, arrest, arrestation, bust*, custody, delay, detainment, hindrance, holding back, holding pen*, immurement, impediment, incarceration, internment, keeping in, nab, pen*, pickup, pinch*, quarantine,… … New thesaurus
