cheeseparing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cheeseparing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cheeseparing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheeseparing adj giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" Synonym(s): cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cheeseparing \Cheese"par`ing\, n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.