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PINCHPENNY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PINCHPENNY is stingy, niggardly. www.merriam-webster.com
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Find Your Pool Supplies and Pool Experts at Pinch A Penny
The Perfect People For A Perfect Pool. Pinch A Penny provides high quality pool supplies and expert advice to make your life as a pool owner easier. pinchapenny.com
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PINCHPENNY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
a stingy person; miser. adjective. stingy; miserly. pinchpenny. / ˈpɪntʃˌpɛnɪ /. adjective. niggardly; miserly. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & ... www.dictionary.com
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pinchpenny
ˈpinchpenny (ˈpɪn(t)ʃˌpɛnɪ) Pl. -pennies, also 6 -pence. [f. pinch- + penny.] A niggardly person; a skinflint, a miser. Also attrib.c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4095 (MS. Reg. 17 D vi) Thou pynchepeny, there ay mote thou slepe. 1569 Newton Cicero's Olde Age 48 Myserable nygardes and penchpenies. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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77 Synonyms & Antonyms for PINCHPENNY | Thesaurus.com
Pinchpenny means penurious, close, grasping, or stingy, and can also refer to a miser or penny pincher. www.thesaurus.com
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PINCHPENNY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for PINCHPENNY: careful, close, tight, selfish, cheap, greedy, pinching, mean; Antonyms of PINCHPENNY: liberal, generous, bountiful, charitable, ... www.merriam-webster.com
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pynepeny
† ˈpynepeny Obs. [f. (?) pine v. + penny; cf. pinchpenny.] A niggard.c 1412 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4095 Thow pynepeny [v.r. pynchepeny], ther ay mot þou slepe! Oxford English Dictionary
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PINCHPENNY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a person who is unwilling to spend money. Tell that pinchpenny that if he had bought the right tools, he wouldn't be in such trouble now. dictionary.cambridge.org
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PINCHPENNY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
pinchpenny in American English (ˈpɪntʃˌpɛni ) adjective 1. extremely frugal or stingy noun 2. penny pincher www.collinsdictionary.com
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pinchpenny, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word pinchpenny is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for pinchpenny is from around 1425, ... www.oed.com
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pinchpenny - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
pinchpenny (plural pinchpennies). One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money. [from before 1578]. en.wiktionary.org
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A.Word.A.Day --pinchpenny - Wordsmith.org
adjective: Unwilling to spend or give money. noun: A miserly person. ETYMOLOGY: From pinch, from Old French pincier (to pinch) + penny ... www.wordsmith.org
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Howard W. Robertson
p. 4) Yet Another Small Magazine (v. 2, no. 1, 1983, p. 5) Yellow Silk (no. 6, winter 1983, p. 5) Negative Capability (v. 2, no. 4, fall 1982, p. 84) Pinchpenny wikipedia.org
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Julia Kasdorf
Pinchpenny Press, 1983. Published as Julia Spicher. Sleeping Preacher. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992. Eve's Striptease. wikipedia.org
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pinch-
pinch- in Comb.: [chiefly the imperative or verb-stem with the second element in objective relation to it; sometimes the n.] pinch-back, one who pinches his own or another's back, by stinting it of proper clothing; also attrib.; pinch-bar = pinch n. 16: see quot.; pinch-batter = pinch-hitter; pinch-... Oxford English Dictionary
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