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Definition of Pinchpenny
1. n. A miserly person.
Definition of Pinchpenny
1. Noun. One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinchpenny
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinchpenny
Literary usage of Pinchpenny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dialogue of the Effectual Proverbs in the English Tongue Concerning Marriage by John Heywood (1906)
"Chaucer, Cant. Tales (c. 1386), 3126. pinchpenny, " that ... is a pinchpenny " (37c),
a niggard in food, dress, or money : it early occurs in ..."
2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1877)
"Clearly, British conquest of French Canada, the transfer of the forest forts,
the pinchpenny policy of the English commanders, furnished to all the red ..."
3. Adventures of an Attorney in Search of Practice by Samuel Warren, George Stephen, James Stephen (1839)
"... besides coals and candles for his office, which I move be no longer allowed !"
" Did you take in the cart-load of sheepskin, pinchpenny? ..."
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