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pinchpenny

[pinch-pen-ee] / ˈpɪntʃˌpɛn i /






NOUN
skinflint
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Produced for a pinchpenny $12 million, the movie stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort as afflicted adolescents who meet at a cancer group-therapy session and fall splendidly in love.

From Time Jun. 7, 2014

If he could keep the ragtag A's in playoff contention on a pinchpenny budget, he might be able to run a winning government on a shoestring.

From Time Sep. 10, 2011

Adhering to pinchpenny rules laid down by his boss, pulp tycoon A.A.

From Time Mar. 4, 2011

But Dukakis is no latter-day Hubert Humphrey; Dukakis' postliberal credo represents an artful marriage of traditional goals and pinchpenny means.

From Time Magazine Archive

“My days of being a pinchpenny might be coming to an end.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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