What does pinch-gut mean?
Pinch-gut means (obsolete) A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food..
Por. We are my Lady Pinch-guts men, Sir. Co. Her Men? No, he Mice. We live upon crums,^([sic]) and a good Cat would run away with us all. […] L. W. I wonder at it; my Lords humour is very oppoſite to hers, he loves Grandeur. Co. So does ſhe, Sir, but hates to pat for't. She will ha' Servants for a ſhew, and they ſhall ha' Liveries for a ſhew, when company comes: But when company's gone, we are ſtripp'd and ſtarv'd; a damn'd Papiſtical Heathen.
Pinch-gut—A mean purser.
Use pinch-gut when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pinch-gut means (obsolete) A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food..
Common synonyms include pinch-back, pinch-belly, pinch-commons, pinch-crust.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Por. We are my Lady Pinch-guts men, Sir. Co. Her Men? No, he Mice. We live upon crums,^([sic]) and a good Cat would run away with us all. […] L. W. I wonder at it; my Lords humour is very oppoſite to hers, he loves Grandeur. Co. So does ſhe, Sir, but hates to pat for't. She will ha' Servants for a ſhew, and they ſhall ha' Liveries for a ſhew, when company comes: But when company's gone, we are ſtripp'd and ſtarv'd; a damn'd Papiſtical Heathen.
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