adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a penny-pinching husband
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His grandparents were humourless and penny-pinching .
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She could finally tolerate no more of his coldness and penny-pinching ways.
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Unfortunately we have a penny-pinching local government that spends as little as possible on parks and sports facilities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And why be so penny-pinching in the matter of service, leaving poor Agnes and Adam Diggory overburdened with their load?
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We are frail, penny-pinching , well-bundled and preoccupied with our small concerns.