cheeseparing
meanly economical; parsimonious; stingy
something of little or no value.
miserly economizing; stinginess; miserliness.
Origin of cheeseparing
1Other words from cheeseparing
- cheeseparer, noun
Words Nearby cheeseparing
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How to use cheeseparing in a sentence
The gains of the Company were enormous, so enormous as in no way to justify the cheeseparing that was had recourse to at Bombay.
Cornish Characters | S. Baring-GouldShe didn't believe in pinching and cheeseparing, and didn't want the thing rounded off in any of those circular frames.
Fragments of an Autobiography | Felix MoschelesThe old bourgeoisie still retained the careful habits of the days of Louis Philippe, and made fortunes by cheeseparing.
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris | Henry Labouchre
British Dictionary definitions for cheeseparing
/ (ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ) /
penny-pinching; stingy
a paring of cheese rind
anything similarly worthless
stinginess
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