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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money..
Over the years, he developed a reputation as a pinchpenny who wouldn't spend money for anything.
That they accompt one a dastard if he be not defperate, a pynch penny if he be not prodygall, if filent a fotte, if full of wordes a foole?
Use pinchpenny when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pinchpenny means One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money..
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Over the years, he developed a reputation as a pinchpenny who wouldn't spend money for anything.
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