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

It’s nothing but buck-passing middlemen in league with penny-pinching hospital executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 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

That penny-pinching Skinner wants me to cut corners and get myself into trouble so he can fire me.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)