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coupon clipper

American  

noun

  1. a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.

Etymology

Origin of coupon clipper

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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We were kind of a make-do family … Thankfully my mama was an expert coupon clipper.

From Fox News

I need it to be an omniscient coupon clipper and keeper of receipts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Are you a bargain hunter, coupon clipper or thrifty shopper?

From US News

But it is now generally understood that the way to keep shoppers in malls is not merely to appeal to their inner coupon clipper.

From Forbes

Archer Daniels Midland: coupon clipper to the world.

From Chicago Tribune

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