penny- pinching

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Definition of penny- pinching in English English dictionary
penny-pinching: reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
penny-pinching: Instance of extreme economy
penny-pinching: reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony
penny-pinching: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
penny-pinching: {i} cheapness, stinginess, miserliness; quality of being economical, thrift
penny-pinching: {s} cheap or stingy, miserly; unwilling to spend money
penny-pinching: disapproval Penny-pinching people spend as little money as possible. small-minded penny-pinching administrators. unwilling to spend or give money mean
penny-pinching: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
penny-pinching: disapproval Penny-pinching is the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards

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