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English Dictionary: penny-pinching by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penny-pinching
adj
  1. 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
n
  1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
    Synonym(s): parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
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