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  • 21penny-pinching — penny pincher ˈpenny ˌpincher noun [countable] someone who does not like to spend money: • Here are some ways that penny pinchers can see the nation s biggest city on a small budget. penny pinching adjective : • discounts aimed at penny pinching… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 22penny-pinching — 1) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Penny pinching is the practice of trying to spend as little money as possible. The bridges have not been painted regularly and this penny pinching has exposed them to the corroding effects of salt and water. 2) ADJ… …

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  • 23Evelyn Pinching — Evelyn A. Pinching (March 18, 1915 ndash; December 1988) was a British alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1936 she finished ninth in the alpine skiing combined event.External links* [http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ Alpine… …

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  • 24Evelyn Pinching — Evelyn Pinching, né le {{Date[18|mars|1915}} à Norwich et morte en décembre 1988, est une ancienne skieuse alpine britannique membre du Ladies Ski Club de Mürren. Championnats du monde Championnats du monde de 1936 à Innsbruck (Autriche) :… …

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  • 25penny-pinching — penny .pinching adj unwilling to spend or give money →↑mean ▪ penny pinching governments >penny pinching n [U] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26penny pinching — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: greed and greedinesssynonym Main entry: penny pinching …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27penny-pinching — noun Date: 1935 frugality, parsimony • penny pincher noun • penny pinching adjective …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28penny-pinching — 1. adjective reluctant to spend money; close fisted 2. noun a) reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony b) Instanc …

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  • 29penny-pinching — index parsimonious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 30penny pinching — Synonyms and related words: avarice, avaricious, cheap, cheapness, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, closefistedness, closeness, hardfisted, hardfistedness, hoarding, illiberal, illiberality, miserliness, miserly, near, nearness, niggardly,… …

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