penny pincher



penny pincher

Someone who is extremely frugal, niggardly, or miserly with his or her money; someone who is very unwilling or reluctant to spend. My ex-husband was such a penny pincher that, on the rare occasion we would go out to eat, he wouldn't even leave a tip! It was when I was completely broke in college that I became something of a penny pincher.
See also: penny, pincher

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aran (2)-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
LyndseaLINDZ-eeEnglish (Rare)
LenaLE-nah (German, Polish, Italian), LYE-nah (Russian), LEE-nə (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Vladimeru-Medieval Slavic
Kleopatra-Ancient Greek
Wassa-Anglo-Saxon