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cheeseparing

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cheese⋅par⋅ing

[cheez-pair-ing]
–adjective
1. meanly economical; parsimonious.
–noun
2. something of little or no value.
3. niggardly economy.

Origin:
1590–1600; cheese 1 + paring


cheeseparer, noun
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cheeseparing

adjective
giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" 
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