cheesepares
cheesepares is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheesepare.
Meaning of cheesepare
Verb
cheesepare (third-person singular simple present cheesepares, present participle cheeseparing, simple past and past participle cheesepared)
- To pinch pennies; to be stingy or miserly.
- “It is quite true that we have had to make what we can out of very little–and that, as you know, is typical of out whole position here.”
”Yes, you are practically without endowments?”
The question was offered so as to include the Dean, who said cheerfully:
”Quite right. All done by cheeseparing.”1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night
- “It is quite true that we have had to make what we can out of very little–and that, as you know, is typical of out whole position here.”
Questions about cheesepares
- What is cheesepares the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Cheesepares is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cheesepare.
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