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cheeseparing [ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ]

adj

penny-pinching; stingy

a. a paring of cheese rind

b. anything similarly worthless

2. stinginess

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Adj.

cheeseparing - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

penny-pinching, skinny, near, close

stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

Translations

cheeseparing [ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ]

A. ADJ → tacaño

B. N → economías fpl pequeñas

cheeseparing [ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ]

1. adj (person) → taccagno/a, spilorcio/a; (attitude, habits) → meschino/a

2. n (see adj) → taccagneria, spilorceria, meschinità

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