1603 J. Davies Pref. 15 Purse-pinched, and Soule-pain'd.
1957 R. S. West xiv. 195 Copperheads and defeatists like Vallandigham won the votes of purse-pinched farmers.
1993 (Nexis) 6 June 3 Rooms decorated by purse-pinched student members of ASID, who worked with nothing but their own hands and bright ideas.