Usually means: Saving money through extreme frugality.
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  1. penny-pinch: Merriam-Webster
  2. penny-pinch: Vocabulary.com
  3. penny-pinch: Dictionary.com
  4. penny-pinch: Rhymezone
  5. penny-pinch: FreeDictionary.org
  6. penny-pinch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. penny-pinch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. penny-pinch: Wiktionary

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▸ verb:  To be very parsimonious or stingy.

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parsimony, thrift, stingy, parsimoniousness, cheeseparing, ungenerous, near, close, penny pincher, economize, more...

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parsimony, thrift, stingy, parsimoniousness, cheeseparing, ungenerous, near, close, penny pincher, economize, more...



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