penny-pinch

English

Etymology

Back-formation from penny-pinching.

Verb

penny-pinch (third-person singular simple present penny-pinches, present participle penny-pinching, simple past and past participle penny-pinched)

  1. To be very parsimonious or stingy.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.