Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cheeseparing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cheeseparing \Cheese"par`ing\, n.
A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping;
mean; as, cheeseparing economy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cheeseparing
adj : giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
"a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: {close}, {near},
{penny-pinching}]
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