penny-pinching
Britishadjective
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A difficult economic environment, in which penny-pinching consumers are less likely to splurge on gifts for themselves, didn’t help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
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
In the penny-pinching era, railroads “didn’t want to put money back into the infrastructure, including on-duty facilities,” said Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Norfolk’s biggest union.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024
I never thought I'd be agreeing with Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief—and a fine briber he is, too.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
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