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pennypinching

pennypinching is the alternative form of penny-pinching.

Meaning of penny-pinching

Adjective

penny-pinching (comparative more penny-pinching, superlative most penny-pinching)

  1. reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
    • If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy.2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in SAIL, number 935, page 49

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Forms of pennypinching

comparativemore pennypinching
superlativemost pennypinching

Questions about pennypinching

What is pennypinching the alternative form of?
Pennypinching is the alternative form of penny-pinching.

Words near pennypinching in the dictionary

  1. pennyings
  2. pennyland
  3. pennylands
  4. pennyless
  5. pennylessness
  6. pennypinching
  7. pennyrile
  8. pennyriles
  9. pennyroyal
  10. pennyroyals
  11. pennystone

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