| 单词 | penny-pinched | 
| 释义 | penny-pinchedadj. colloquial (originally U.S.).   Characterized by penny-pinching; (also) short of money; needing to economize. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > 			[adjective]		 > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 1918    Syracuse 		(N.Y.)	 Herald 10 Feb.  				Both declared that ‘cheap, inefficient help, hired in a penny-pinched policy’ was responsible for much delay. 1937    Edwardsville 		(Illinois)	 Intelligencer 6 Dec. 4/1  				He was rich—rich, at any rate, by comparison with his penny-pinched surroundings. 1961    M. J. Pusey in  S. Fine  & G. S. Brown Amer. Past II.  xvii. 549  				The Eisenhower administration, penny-pinched and budget-obsessed, sabotaged the annual legislative drives for Federal aid to schools. 2003    N.Y. Times 		(Nexis)	 13 Nov.  a30/1  				It probably surprised no one that a bus driver could be irascible or that his penny-pinched wife might have a bitter edge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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