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单词 cheeseparing
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cheeseparing

[ cheez-pair-ing ]
/ ˈtʃizˌpɛər ɪŋ /

adjective

meanly economical; parsimonious; stingy.

noun

something of little or no value.
miserly economizing; stinginess; miserliness.

Origin of cheeseparing

First recorded in 1590–1600; cheese1 + paring

OTHER WORDS FROM cheeseparing

cheeseparer, noun

Words nearby cheeseparing

cheese-head, cheese it, cheesemaker, cheese mite, cheesemonger, cheeseparing, cheese pie, cheese product, cheese sauce, cheese skipper, cheese spread
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Example sentences from the Web for cheeseparing

  • The gains of the Company were enormous, so enormous as in no way to justify the cheeseparing that was had recourse to at Bombay.

    Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould
  • She didn't believe in pinching and cheeseparing, and didn't want the thing rounded off in any of those circular frames.

    Fragments of an Autobiography|Felix Moscheles
  • The old bourgeoisie still retained the careful habits of the days of Louis Philippe, and made fortunes by cheeseparing.

    Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris|Henry Labouchre

British Dictionary definitions for cheeseparing

cheeseparing
/ (ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ) /

adjective

penny-pinching; stingy

noun

  1. a paring of cheese rind
  2. anything similarly worthless
stinginess
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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