Definition of "pinchpenny" []

• Unwilling to give or spend money; penny-pinching. (adjective)
• Characterized by scarcity of money: a pinchpenny economy. (adjective)
• A penny pincher. (noun)

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• "How I would have loved to seen Cusack turn back on just one of these pinchpenny haints and say You want my soul?"
• "Known as a shrewd pinchpenny, he was once caught stealing a fan out of the offices of Western Union, where he was a board member."
• "Alan Campbell for The Wall Street Journal Orient Golf founder T.K. Pen His 10-course Orient Golf chain also differs from the norm: While many of the courses springing up in recent years have been luxury layouts, Mr. Pen has taken a more pinchpenny approach, aiming to bring the game within reach of Chinese executives on the rise, not just those who already have arrived."