cheeseparing

[ cheez-pair-ing ]

adjective
  1. meanly economical; parsimonious; stingy

noun
  1. something of little or no value.

  2. miserly economizing; stinginess; miserliness.

Origin of cheeseparing

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; cheese1 + paring

Other 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.

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  • She didn't believe in pinching and cheeseparing, and didn't want the thing rounded off in any of those circular frames.

  • The old bourgeoisie still retained the careful habits of the days of Louis Philippe, and made fortunes by cheeseparing.

British Dictionary definitions for cheeseparing

cheeseparing

/ (ˈtʃiːzˌpɛərɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. penny-pinching; stingy

noun
    • a paring of cheese rind

    • anything similarly worthless

  1. stinginess

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