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Cheeseparing

adjective
1.
Giving or spending with reluctance.  Synonyms: close, near, penny-pinching, skinny.  "Very close (or near) with his money" , "A penny-pinching miserly old man"





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"Cheeseparing" Quotes from Famous Books



... of marrying again? Well, yes, Janetta, I do; and more for the children's good than for my own. Poor things, they need a father: and I am tired of this miserable, scraping, cheeseparing life that you are so fond of. I have been offered a comfortable home and provision for my children, and I have ...
— A True Friend - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant


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