Cheeseparing

Quick meaning: Cheeseparing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of cheesepare.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of cheesepare.

More Meanings

1. Niggardly, stingy.
2. A small fragment or sliver.

Example Sentences

But when a chimney ain’t never been swep’ through, on account of persons’ cheeseparin’ ‘abits, then it ain’t fair on the chimney, nor yet it ain’t fair on the sweep.

For this reason I publish it periodically in parts, and in the light unrestrained form of conversation, as best adapted for the convenience of those who can only read at odd hours during the cheeseparings of time.

Word Forms

• cheese-paring
• cheeseparings

Synonyms for cheeseparing

Depending on context, synonyms include close, near, stingy, ungenerous, penny-pinching.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stingy, penny-pinching, ungenerous, close, near, churlish.

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