Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A paring of the rind of cheese.
- noun Hence, figuratively, a mean or parsimonious disposition or practice.
- Meanly economical; parsimonious: as, cheese-paring economy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.
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- adjective
niggardly ,stingy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective giving or spending with reluctance
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Examples
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The same kind of cheeseparing policy was applied to housing, working conditions and medical care.
file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa04.txt Ray Esther 1969
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But he gives the warning because he passionately believes in what he is doing and does not want to spend his time at the job doing something else. .'cheeseparing '.
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Forget the punitive mean-spirited class biassed cheeseparing.
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The cheeseparing state of the British economy in those days was less disturbing, to me, than the static social concept behind it.
The View from There 2007
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The cheeseparing state of the British economy in those days was less disturbing, to me, than the static social concept behind it.
The View from There 2007
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The cheeseparing state of the British economy in those days was less disturbing, to me, than the static social concept behind it.
The View from There 2007
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Chinese blackboard erasers that he normally decouples away or chews up look interesting with cheeseparing eyes particularly.
The evangelists visit a chinese restaurant and sit inside down. 2008
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They will fill it without your presence, ye cheeseparing bile bag!
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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They will fill it without your presence, ye cheeseparing bile bag!
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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She wouldn't need to touch her savings -- once she got back home she and her father would be able to have a holiday, a decent one at a hotel with no cheeseparing, and she would be able to live at the hospital again.
The Fateful Bargain Neels, Betty 1989
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