pinchpenny

pinchpenny
/pinch"pen'ee/, n., pl. pinchpennies, adj.
n.
1. a miser or niggard.
adj.
2. stingy; miserly; niggardly.
[1375-1425; late ME; see PINCH, PENNY]

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