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pinchpenny

pinchpenny noun: one who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.

Noun

pinchpenny (plural pinchpennies)

  1. One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
    • Over the years, he developed a reputation as a pinchpenny who wouldn't spend money for anything.
    • That they accompt one a dastard if he be not defperate, a pynch penny if he be not prodygall, if filent a fotte, if full of wordes a foole?1578, John Lyly, Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit, published 1868, page 109

Forms of pinchpenny

pluralpinchpennies

Origin of pinchpenny

From pinch + penny.

Words formed from pinchpenny

Questions about pinchpenny

What does pinchpenny mean?
Pinchpenny means one who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
What part of speech is pinchpenny?
Pinchpenny is a noun.
What is the plural of pinchpenny?
The plural of pinchpenny is pinchpennies.

Words near pinchpenny in the dictionary

  1. Pinchot
  2. Pinchots
  3. pinchout
  4. pinchouts
  5. pinchpennies
  6. pinchpenny
  7. pinchpoint
  8. pinchpoints
  9. pincht
  10. pinchy
  11. Pincian

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