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—cheeseparer, n./cheez"pair'ing/, adj.1. meanly economical; parsimonious.n.2. something of little or no value.3. niggardly economy.[1590-1600; CHEESE1 + PARING]
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Cheeseparing — Cheese par ing, n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cheeseparing — *stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tight fisted, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious, miserly … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cheeseparing — [chēz′per′iŋ] n. 1. anything as worthless as a paring of cheese rind 2. miserly handling of money or finances adj. stingy; miserly … English World dictionary
cheeseparing — noun Date: 1597 1. something worthless or insignificant 2. miserly economizing • cheeseparing adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
cheeseparing — adjective giving or spending with reluctance our cheeseparing administration very close (or near) with his money a penny pinching miserly old man • Syn: ↑close, ↑near, ↑penny pinching, ↑skinny … Useful english dictionary
cheeseparing — adjective niggardly, stingy … Wiktionary
cheeseparing — Synonyms and related words: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheap, chinchy, chintzy, close, closefisted, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption,… … Moby Thesaurus
cheeseparing — n. miserliness, stinginess … English contemporary dictionary
cheeseparing — cheese·par·ing … English syllables
cheeseparing — UK [ˈtʃiːzˌpeərɪŋ] / US [ˈtʃɪzˌperɪŋ] noun [uncountable] British the behaviour of someone who tries to save money in an unreasonable way … English dictionary
