penny-pinching
Example Sentences
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When Annie takes a job at a nightclub in Memphis, she says of its penny-pinching owner: “The man was tight as a skeeter’s teeter.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
A difficult economic environment, in which penny-pinching consumers are less likely to splurge on gifts for themselves, didn’t help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
All this penny-pinching has reduced the appetite of restaurants and food preparers to hire more workers.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025
But Trump famously keeps close watch over his operations and prides himself on penny-pinching.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
I never thought I'd be agreeing with Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief—and a fine briber he is, too.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
