"penny-pinching" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [英语]

Forms: more penny-pinching [comparative], most penny-pinching [superlative]
Etymology: 源自pinchpenny。
  1. 吝啬的,小气的
    Sense id: zh-penny-pinching-en-adj-se-9ltAl Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pennypinching, Thesaurus:stingy

Noun [英语]

Forms: penny-pinchings [plural]
Etymology: 源自pinchpenny。
  1. 吝啬,小气
    Sense id: zh-penny-pinching-en-noun-WFmQO~c5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pennypinching, pinching pennies
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