cheeseparing
Americanadjective
noun
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a paring of cheese rind
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anything similarly worthless
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stinginess
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Etymology
Origin of cheeseparing
Example Sentences
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But it was an artifact of budget politics; the expectation was that Congress would get around to fixing the cheeseparing subsidy schedule at a later date.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
There are numerous manifestations of this cheeseparing habit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Long Beach isn’t the first locality to step up to protect rank-and-file workers from their employers’ cheeseparing ways during the pandemic, and it won’t be the last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
The higher-education industry faces a stark choice: either adapt to a rapidly changing world or face a future of cheeseparing.
From Economist ● Dec. 8, 2011
In 1936 he had struggled to obtain an appointment for Robert Serber as his research assistant at Berkeley, where Birge refused to contribute more than a cheeseparing $1,200 for Serber’s salary.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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