penny-pinching
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Starring Vanessa Williams as the titular prima donna, the brilliantly named Ebony Scrooge, the film follows Ebony’s transformation from penny-pinching pop star to charitable altruist.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
Brockman was known for his penny-pinching ways, staying at budget hotels and eating frozen dinners in his room while visiting one of his company’s offices, according to a former executive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
All this penny-pinching has reduced the appetite of restaurants and food preparers to hire more workers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2025
In the penny-pinching era, railroads “didn’t want to put money back into the infrastructure, including on-duty facilities,” said Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Norfolk’s biggest union.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 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 Sinclair Lewis
