grippe-sou
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grippe-sou m (plural grippe-sou or grippe-sous)
- a penny pincher, scrooge
- (colloquial) a skinflint
- (colloquial) Sommeone who like sordid gains
Further reading
[edit]- “grippe-sou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.