Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.

    Over the years, he developed a reputation as a penny pincher who wouldn't spend money for anything.

    someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it)

Examples

3 sentences

  1. You're a penny-pincher.

    papabear · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Could we say they are penny pinchers?

    deKönnen wir sagen, sie sind Pfennigfuchser? — Rekholder

    Rekholder · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Don't be a penny-pincher.

    ruНе будь скрягой. — odexed

    deSei kein Geizhals! — brauchinet

    Ag12x · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From pinchpenny.

From pinchpenny.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: penny pinchers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pennilessB1pennonpennyB1pensionB2pensionerpensive

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