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NIPCHEESE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. nautical. a ship's purser . 2. a stingy or miserly person. www.collinsdictionary.com
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NIPCHEESE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 ... slang ... a ship's purser ... that's our nipcheese ... Frederick Marryat ... 2 ... slang ... miser ... the old nipcheese … has been wasting his time ... T. B. Costain ... www.merriam-webster.com
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nipcheese, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word nipcheese is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for nipcheese is from 1785, in a dictionary by Francis Grose, ... www.oed.com
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nipcheese
nipcheese (ˈnɪptʃiːz) [See nip v. 13.] † 1. slang. A ship's purser. Obs.1785 Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Nip cheese, a nick name for the purser of a ship. 1791–3 Spirit Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 21 The wonderful rise of this quondam nip-cheese has made him very proud of his own abilities. 1837 Marryat Perc... Oxford English Dictionary
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nipcheese - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (slang, derogatory) Synonym of miser. · (military jargon, derogatory) Synonym of purser. Adjective. edit. nipcheese. Synonym of miserly. · 1962 ... en.wiktionary.org
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Nipcheese - World Wide Words
A nipcheese is a penny-pincher or skinflint, all three suggesting a sordidly covetous or penurious person who cuts the cost or quantity of everything to the ... www.worldwidewords.org
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dog-vane
dog-vane Naut. 1. ‘A small vane made of thread, cork, and feathers, or buntin, placed on the weather gunwale to show the direction of the wind’ (Sailor's Word-bk.).1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Dog-Vane, a small light vane, formed of a piece of pack-thread about two feet in length. 1829 Marryat... Oxford English Dictionary
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A.Word.A.Day --nipcheese - Wordsmith.org
noun: 1. A miser. 2. A ship's purser (an official in charge of money matters). ETYMOLOGY: From nip (pinch, snip), probably from Middle Dutch nipen (to pinch) + ... www.wordsmith.org
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nipcheese, n. - Green's Dictionary of Slang
Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: nip-cheese a nick name for the purser of a ship, from those gentlemen being supposed sometimes to nip, or ... greensdictofslang.com
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nipcheese - definition and meaning - Wordnik
nipcheese: A person of cheese-paring habits; a skinflint; a niggardly person. www.wordnik.com
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The OED on X: "The noun 'nipcheese' is both a nautical slang term ...
The noun 'nipcheese' is both a nautical slang term for a ship's purser and a word for 'a mean or miserly person'. twitter.com
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definition of nipcheese by The Free Dictionary
Define nipcheese. nipcheese synonyms, nipcheese pronunciation, nipcheese translation, English dictionary definition of nipcheese. n nautical a ship's purser ... www.thefreedictionary.com
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nip
▪ I. nip, n.1 Also 6 nyp(pe, nipp, 6–7 nippe. [f. nip v.1] I. 1. a. The act of compressing sharply between two surfaces, edges, or points; a pinch; a sharp bite.1551 Cranmer Answ. Gardiner (1580) 85 In the last booke you geue Christ such a nippe, that of that whole satisfaction, you pinch halfe away... Oxford English Dictionary
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