Usually means: Frugal person saving small amounts.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. penny pincher: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. penny-pincher: Merriam-Webster
  3. penny-pincher: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. penny pincher: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. penny-pincher, penny-pincher: Collins English Dictionary
  6. penny pincher: Vocabulary.com
  7. penny-pincher, penny pincher: Wordnik
  8. penny-pincher, penny pincher: Wiktionary
  9. penny pincher: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. penny pincher: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. penny pincher: Dictionary.com
  12. Penny pincher: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. penny pincher: Rhymezone
  14. penny pincher: FreeDictionary.org
  15. penny pincher: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. penny-pincher, penny pincher: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penny-pincher, penny pincher: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. penny pincher: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (penny pincher)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.

Similar:
penny-pincher, lickpenny, penny-father, cheapskate, cheapie, scrape-penny, miser, pinch-gut, last of the big spenders, cheapo, more...

Opposite:
spendthrift, profligate, extravagant, liberal

Types:
frugal, thrifty, stingy, cheap, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad, miserly, more...

Adjectives:
pennywise, lickpenny, chintzy, cheap, tight, scrimy, el cheapo, stingy, cheapie, cheapo, second-class

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Similar:
penny-pincher, lickpenny, penny-father, cheapskate, cheapie, scrape-penny, miser, pinch-gut, last of the big spenders, cheapo, more...

Opposite:
spendthrift, profligate, extravagant, liberal

Types:
frugal, thrifty, stingy, cheap, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad, miserly, more...

Adjectives:
pennywise, lickpenny, chintzy, cheap, tight, scrimy, el cheapo, stingy, cheapie, cheapo, second-class



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