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Penny-pinching   /pˈɛni-pˈɪntʃɪŋ/   Listen
Penny-pinching

noun
1.
Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.  Synonyms: parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift.
adjective
1.
Giving or spending with reluctance.  Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, skinny.  "Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"





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"Penny-pinching" Quotes from Famous Books



... I'd be agreeing with Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief—and a fine briber he is, too. But you got the wrong slant. You aren't one of the people—yet. You want to do something for the town. I don't! I want the town to do something for itself. We don't want old Dawson's money—not if it's a ...
— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis


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