单词 | penny pincher |
释义 | penny pincher[ pen-ee pin-cher ] / ˈpɛn i ˌpɪn tʃər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR penny pincher ON THESAURUS.COM nouna miserly or stingy person. Origin of penny pincherFirst recorded in 1920–25; penny + pincher; see origin at pinch (in sense “to economize unduly”); cf. pinchpenny OTHER WORDS FROM penny pincherpen·ny-pinch·ing, noun, adjectiveWords nearby penny pincherpennyboy, pennycress, penny dreadful, penny-farthing, penny loafer, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penny post, pennyroyal, penny shares, penny stock Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for penny pincher
Idioms and Phrases with penny pincherpenny pincher see pinch pennies. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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