penny pincher

noun

a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.

Origin:
1920–25

Related forms

pen·ny-pinch·ing, noun, adjective

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penny-pincher definition

n.
someone who is very miserly; someone who objects to the expenditure of every penny. : If you weren't such a penny-pincher, you'd have some decent clothes.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

penny pincher

see pinch pennies.

Matching Quote

"Go, throng each other's drawing-rooms,
Ye idols of a petty clique:
Strut your brief hour in borrowed plumes,
And make your penny-trumpets squeak:
Deck your dull talk with pilfered shreds
Of learning from a noble time,
And oil each other's little heads
With mutual Flattery's golden slime."

-Lewis Carroll

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Idioms & Phrases

pinch pennies