n. and v. and adj. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily; giving or spending with reluctance
He is a penny-pinching miserly old man.
He is a penny-pinching miserly old man.
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nickel-and-dime;thirfty;cheap
spendy
4 syllables
pen-ny-pinch-ing
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