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penny-pinching en · ADJ

Etymology

From pinchpenny.

Meanings

  1. reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
    • If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy. 2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in SAIL, number 935, page 49:

Forms

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pennypinching alternative lexicographic
more penny-pinching Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most penny-pinching Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (3)

ru прижи́мистый (reluctant to spend money) · it spilorcio (reluctant to spend money) · it taccagno (reluctant to spend money)

penny-pinching en · NOUN

Etymology

From pinchpenny.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy.

Forms

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penny-pinchings Number=Plur lexicographic
pennypinching alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

pinching pennies

Translations (2)

it spilorceria (reluctance to spend money) · it taccagneria (reluctance to spend money)