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pinching pennies

pinching pennies is the present participle and gerund of pinch pennies.

Meaning of pinch pennies

Verb

pinch pennies (third-person singular simple present pinches pennies, present participle pinching pennies, simple past and past participle pinched pennies)

  1. To severely economize.

Questions about pinching pennies

What is pinching pennies the present participle and gerund of?
Pinching pennies is the present participle and gerund of pinch pennies.

Words near pinching pennies in the dictionary

  1. pinching a loaf
  2. pinching at
  3. pinching off
  4. pinching one off
  5. pinching out
  6. pinching pennies
  7. pinchingly
  8. pinchings
  9. Pinchinthorpe
  10. pinchite
  11. pinchlike

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