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penny pincher

/pen-ee pin-cher/US // ˈpɛn i ˌpɪn tʃər //

吝啬鬼,小气鬼,抠门儿的人,抠门儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a miserly or stingy person.

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Examples

  • They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.

  • “Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

  • She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.

  • “I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.

  • While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.

  • In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.

  • Since the end of 1847, not a penny has come into his own pocket either through piano-playing and conducting, or through teaching.

  • A system of supplying school-children with penny dinners is the latest philanthropic movement.

  • In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.

  • The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.