Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher.

  2. A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac.

  3. Eggcorn of pincer.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. You're a penny-pincher.

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  2. Could we say they are penny pinchers?

    deKönnen wir sagen, sie sind Pfennigfuchser?

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  3. Don't be a penny-pincher.

    ruНе будь скрягой.

    deSei kein Geizhals!

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Origin

From pinch + -er.

From pinch + -er.

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Forms

plural: pinchers
Singularpincher
Pluralpinchers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pincher — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto