penny-pincher

pen·ny-pinch·ing (p

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ng)

adj.

Giving or spending money grudgingly; stingy.

penny-pinching n.

penny-pinching

adj

Informal excessively careful with money

penny-pincher n

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Noun	1.	penny-pinching - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily parsimoniousness, parsimony, thrift frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste
Adj.	1.	penny-pinching - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" cheeseparing, near, skinny, close stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

penny-pinching

noun

meanness, selfishness, parsimony, stinginess, miserliness, tight-fistedness, niggardliness, minginess (Brit. informal), penuriousness He is well known for his eccentric penny-pinching.
miserliness generosity

adjective

mean, close, near (informal), frugal, stingy, scrimping, miserly, niggardly, tightfisted, Scrooge-like, tight-arse (taboo slang), tight-arsed (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) small-minded, penny-pinching administrators
mean kind, liberal, generous, prodigal, open-handed, unstinting, munificent

Translations

penny-pinching [ˈpenɪˌpɪntʃɪŋ]

A. N → tacañería f

B. ADJ [person] → tacaño, avaro

penny-pinching [ˈpɛnɪˈpɪntʃɪŋ]

1. n there should be no penny-pinching → non si dovrebbe stare a lesinare il centesimo

2. adj (person) → taccagno/a, spilorcio/a

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Ever the penny-pincher, Rod insisted that while he and his team enjoyed pounds 8000 of catering a day, a local crew would get only an "economical" breakfast.

Rod: Be sure you air it well by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

The moaners creating a fuss because they have found themselves out-of-pocket are all too often penny-pinchers who gambled on staying safe and lost.

Don't come to me for flood hand-out by Birmingham Mail (England)

But despite the millions he raked in from years of flooding Ireland with drugs, he was a penny-pincher who favoured cut-price clothes over designer gear.

SHOT DEAD IN HIS SLEEP; DRUGS BOSS IS BLASTED HIS CAREER by The Mirror (London, England)

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