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

What’s happening now is a mix of penny-pinching and finger-pointing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

As the child of penny-pinching Sicilian parents, I’m all too familiar with the dread surrounding the thermostat come midwinter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

But Trump famously keeps close watch over his operations and prides himself on penny-pinching.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

And there'll be no worries to make things hard for us, no penny-pinching and discontent, no—misunderstandings.

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell