penny-pinching
Britishadjective
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When Annie takes a job at a nightclub in Memphis, she says of its penny-pinching owner: “The man was tight as a skeeter’s teeter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
As the child of penny-pinching Sicilian parents, I’m all too familiar with the dread surrounding the thermostat come midwinter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
All this penny-pinching has reduced the appetite of restaurants and food preparers to hire more workers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
The issue stems from an unconventional bit of penny-pinching from the world's richest man.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
You get in trouble if you're too openly penny-pinching.
From Starman's Quest by Stan Mack
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