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pinchpenny
[ pinch-pen-ee ]
noun
plural pinchpennies.
- a stingy person; miser.
adjective
- stingy; miserly.
pinchpenny
/ ˈ±èɪ²Ô³Ùʃˌ±èÉ›²Ôɪ /
adjective
- niggardly; miserly
noun
- a miserly person; niggard
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pinchpenny1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English pynchepeny; pinch, penny ( def )
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Pinchpenny Rod was regifting it to me.
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You’ll be pleased to know we have one in the pinchpenny person of J. Paul Getty, who pinches countless billions while refusing to pay a penny of ransom for his kidnapped grandson in “All the Money in the World.â€
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“You call me Pinchpenny, and I’ll call you...â€
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“My days of being a pinchpenny might be coming to an end.â€
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Produced for a pinchpenny $12 million, the movie stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as afflicted adolescents who meet at a cancer group-therapy session and fall splendidly in love.
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