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pinch pennies
pinch pennies
Be thrifty or miserly, as in There's no need to pinch pennies now that you're working full-time. This term was first recorded in 1942.
pinch pennies
Informal To be thrifty or miserly.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Eliseo | | e-lee-ZE-o (Italian), e-lee-SE-o (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
Janet | | JAN-ət | English |
Abu | | - | Arabic |
Rajko | | - | Croatian |
Dipaka | | - | Hinduism |
Amnon | | - | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew |