| 单词 | penny-picking |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenny-picking penny-picking adj. ΚΠ 1851 Amer. Whig Rev. June 476/1 There are points involved..which have received scarcely a passing notice at the hands of the penny-picking hordes and demagogue adventurers who have..thrust their puny efforts on the reading public. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vi. 99 This grubby penny-picking England. 1995 Investors Chron. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 49 Savaged by penny-picking grocers, UK distribution profits fell..on 3 per cent higher sales. < as lemmas |
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