cheeseparingn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃiːzˌpɛːrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃizˌpɛrɪŋ/

Forms: see cheese n.¹ and paring n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheese n.¹, paring n.

Etymology: < cheese n.¹ + paring n.

A. n.

†a. A paring or shaving from the rind or outer layer of a cheese; a morsel or scrap of food. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > rind of cheese > portion or sliver of

cheeseparing1573

1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 435 Ye abused those that beleeued you, making them beleeue the Moone was made of a greene cheese, as they say: but were those blessed relikes so good as the cheese paring?

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 305 I doe remember him at Clements Inne, like a man made after supper of a cheese paring .

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. L4 They leape at a barley crust and hold chese parings..For festiuall excedings.

1737 Cur & Lap-dog 9 The Sum total of my Faring, Is only now and then Cheese-paring.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 88 I won't loose a cheese paring.

1821 S. Smith Wks. (1839) II. 66 The plunderers of the public..think..that their candle-ends and cheese-parings are no longer safe.

1840 L. Blanchard in Heads of People I. 180 The actor, after playing Sir Epicure Mammon, sups upon a cheeseparing.

1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xvi. 255 What does a white mouse like that need? Makes a heavy meal on a cheese-paring.

b. figurative. Something likened to a cheeseparing in being small, thin, or meagre. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth > object of value only to

cheeseparing1800

1800 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 X. 416 Feed them with cheese-parings and candle-ends, but do not convert your navy into a receptacle for rogues and traitors.

1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 475 I am told the king of Saxony is to be re-established if he consents to give some cheese-parings to his neighbours.

1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 413 Such a tallowfaced cheeseparing of a beardless, bucktoothed ninny.

1880 T. D. Lauder Highlander Legends 80 A knock-kneed cheeseparing of a man.

1995 G. Greeno Exile's Return iv. 345 A barely noticeable cheeseparing of a body.

2. The action of saving money by making numerous small cuts or adjustments; rigorous economizing, esp. of a mean or parsimonious kind. Also: an instance of this. Cf. cheesepare v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]

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skinflintism1853

screwiness1856

flint-paring1860

skinflintiness1861

scrimp1864

flint-skinning1873

penny-pinching1895

skimping1898

tight-fistedness1975

1834 Parl. Rev. 2 1022 There has been much cheeseparing concerning poor clerks, and small offices.

1871 Q. Rev. Jan. 40 The deficiencies which the wretched cheeseparings of the two previous years had made in our means [of defence].

1920 Railway Rev. 27 Mar. 537/1 The shippers were not inclined to cheese-paring on rates.

1970 C. Wilson Queen Elizabeth & Revolt of Netherlands v. 102 Walsingham, Sidney..and a dozen others had warned her of the consequences of cheeseparing when vital military decisions were at stake.

2010 Guardian (Nexis) 22 June This single piece of cheeseparing saves £6bn a year by the end of the parliament.

B. adj.

Mean, sparing, parsimonious. Cf. cheesepare v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]

gnedec900

gripplea1000

fastOE

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chinchc1300

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scarcec1330

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unhandsome1800

scaly1803

nearbegoing1805

tight1805

nippit1808

nipcheese1819

cumin-splitting1822

partan-handed1823

scrimping1823

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scrimpy1825

meanly1827

skinny1833

pinchfisted1837

mean1840

tight-fisted1843

screwy1844

stinty1849

cheeseparing1857

skinflinty1886

mouly1904

mingy1911

cheapskate1912

picey1937

tight-assed1961

chintzy1964

tightwad1976

1857 Railway Rec. 7 Mar. 153/2 A disposition to what is sometimes called a ‘cheeseparing’ policy.

1867 Cape Natal News 1 Jan. The more rigid and cheese-paring school of economists.

1931 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 11/1 This cheese-paring gesture is really infantile.

1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words (1979) xii. 216 Attempting to impose stricter economies on the Editor and showing a cheese-paring disposition.

2014 P. Robson in M. Asimow et al. Law & Pop. Culture iii. xiii. 242 It was..all a way for Caroline to get her rich but occasionally cheeseparing husband to pay her a decent allowance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cheeseparing
释义	cheeseparingn.adj. Brit. /ˈtʃiːzˌpɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃizˌpɛrɪŋ/ Forms: see cheese n.¹ and paring n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cheese n.¹, paring n. Etymology: < cheese n.¹ + paring n. A. n. 1. †a. A paring or shaving from the rind or outer layer of a cheese; a morsel or scrap of food. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > rind of cheese > portion or sliver of cheeseparing1573 1573 J. Bridges Supremacie Christian Princes 435 Ye abused those that beleeued you, making them beleeue the Moone was made of a greene cheese, as they say: but were those blessed relikes so good as the cheese paring? 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 305 I doe remember him at Clements Inne, like a man made after supper of a cheese paring . View more context for this quotation 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. L4 They leape at a barley crust and hold chese parings..For festiuall excedings. 1737 Cur & Lap-dog 9 The Sum total of my Faring, Is only now and then Cheese-paring. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 88 I won't loose a cheese paring. 1821 S. Smith Wks. (1839) II. 66 The plunderers of the public..think..that their candle-ends and cheese-parings are no longer safe. 1840 L. Blanchard in Heads of People I. 180 The actor, after playing Sir Epicure Mammon, sups upon a cheeseparing. 1922 D. H. Lawrence Aaron's Rod (N.Y. ed.) xvi. 255 What does a white mouse like that need? Makes a heavy meal on a cheese-paring. b. figurative. Something likened to a cheeseparing in being small, thin, or meagre. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth > object of value only to cheeseparing1800 1800 Parl. Reg. 1797–1802 X. 416 Feed them with cheese-parings and candle-ends, but do not convert your navy into a receptacle for rogues and traitors. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 475 I am told the king of Saxony is to be re-established if he consents to give some cheese-parings to his neighbours. 1831 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 413 Such a tallowfaced cheeseparing of a beardless, bucktoothed ninny. 1880 T. D. Lauder Highlander Legends 80 A knock-kneed cheeseparing of a man. 1995 G. Greeno Exile's Return iv. 345 A barely noticeable cheeseparing of a body. 2. The action of saving money by making numerous small cuts or adjustments; rigorous economizing, esp. of a mean or parsimonious kind. Also: an instance of this. Cf. cheesepare v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 1834 Parl. Rev. 2 1022 There has been much cheeseparing concerning poor clerks, and small offices. 1871 Q. Rev. Jan. 40 The deficiencies which the wretched cheeseparings of the two previous years had made in our means [of defence]. 1920 Railway Rev. 27 Mar. 537/1 The shippers were not inclined to cheese-paring on rates. 1970 C. Wilson Queen Elizabeth & Revolt of Netherlands v. 102 Walsingham, Sidney..and a dozen others had warned her of the consequences of cheeseparing when vital military decisions were at stake. 2010 Guardian (Nexis) 22 June This single piece of cheeseparing saves £6bn a year by the end of the parliament. B. adj. Mean, sparing, parsimonious. Cf. cheesepare v. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1857 Railway Rec. 7 Mar. 153/2 A disposition to what is sometimes called a ‘cheeseparing’ policy. 1867 Cape Natal News 1 Jan. The more rigid and cheese-paring school of economists. 1931 Daily Tel. 21 Jan. 11/1 This cheese-paring gesture is really infantile. 1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words (1979) xii. 216 Attempting to impose stricter economies on the Editor and showing a cheese-paring disposition. 2014 P. Robson in M. Asimow et al. Law & Pop. Culture iii. xiii. 242 It was..all a way for Caroline to get her rich but occasionally cheeseparing husband to pay her a decent allowance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1573
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