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- noun Alternative spelling of
penny pincher .
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Examples
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BOOM Studios is proud to announce that UNCLE SCROOGE #384 has sold out, sending everyone†™ s favorite feathered penny-pincher into 2nd printing.
Uncle Scrooge #384 back to press | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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There's the roly-poly penny-pincher who orders the $39.95 surf-and-turf platter with a vat of beer and onion rings and, oh yeah, throw in some of that chocolate mousse, why don't you, while you yourself nibble on a paltry grilled cheese sandwich, and then he gamely offers to split the $108 bill right down the middle.
Putting the Squeeze on Cheapskates Joe Queenan 2011
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal MONEY MANAGER: For the penny-pincher, vintage cast-iron piggy banks in the shape of famous buildings.
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal MONEY MANAGER: For the penny-pincher, vintage cast-iron piggy banks in the shape of famous buildings.
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For awhile there I thought it might be a Dutch penny-pincher thing, but I'm glad to know it's more universal!
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The penny-pincher in me asks and why can't they meet when B.O. visits Martha's Vineyard VS the taxpayers footing the cost of yet another expensive photo op??
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For example, I could tell a penny-pincher coming a mile away and knew to jack the price up a few hundred bucks so he could feel good when he thought that he had negotiated me down.
Cake Boss Buddy Valastro 2010
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The self-described penny-pincher Brown spent a paltry $7.30 per vote.
Tina Dupuy: California GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Was the Highest Bidder 2010
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Such partnerships can work for a certain period of time, but eventually the penny-pincher gets disillusioned with the spendthrift.
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The moguls: Harry Warner, the dour, patriotic penny-pincher in New York, and his brother Jack, the parsimonious profiteer in Hollywood; Harry Cohn at Columbia, Louis B. Mayer at MGM, and Mr. Malaprop, Sam Goldwyn.
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler: Neutrality in Thought and Greed 2009
pascoallobo commented on the word penny-pincher
unwilling to spend money
June 15, 2009