pen|ny-pinch|er

pen|ny-pinch|er
penny pincher, or pen|ny-pinch|er «PEHN ee PIHN chuhr», noun.
Informal. a stingy person; person who does not spend or use money freely: »

Like so many other men of means, he was a penny pincher (New Yorker).

SYNONYM(S): miser, skinflint.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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