penny-pinch

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from penny-pinching.

Verb[edit]

penny-pinch (third-person singular simple present penny-pinches, present participle penny-pinching, simple past and past participle penny-pinched)

  1. To be very parsimonious or stingy.
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