nipcheese
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nipcheese (plural nipcheeses)
- (slang, derogatory) Synonym of miser.
- (military jargon, derogatory) Synonym of purser.
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nipcheese
- Synonym of miserly.
- 1962 September, “Talking of Trains: Money for (road) jam”, in Modern Railways, page 153:
- Contrasting with this nip-cheese policy as to all things railway, the Estimates Committee recommends a simpler system of control of expenditure on classified roads, with the emphasis more on achievement and less on control.
References[edit]
- “nipcheese”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.