penny-pinchv.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnɪpɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛniˌpɪn(t)ʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., pinch v.

Etymology: < penny n. + pinch v., after penny-pinched adj., penny-pincher n., penny-pinching adj.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. intransitive. To be niggardly or parsimonious. Frequently with on.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)]

spare1377

to lick one's knifec1400

chincha1425

pincha1425

stick1533

nig1559

to make pottage of a flintc1576

niggard1596

wretcha1598

niggardize1606

wire-draw1616

screw1820

skincha1825

scrimp1848

stinge1937

to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942

penny-pinch1945

1945 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 18 Nov. ii. 11/3 The woman who fought and penny-pinched so that Veda might be luxuriously housed and clothed.

1964 Times 25 June 6/3 For too long have Governments..penny-pinched on essentials.

1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. v. 92 He penny-pinched on the candles..so the servants had to spend their few hours off in practically pitch darkness.

1994 A. Taylor Air that Kills iii. xi. 141 She was a bondservant to her husband and her children and her house: she cooked, cleaned, washed, mended and penny-pinched.

2. transitive. To act in a parsimonious way towards; to make poor; to underfund. Cf. penny-pinched adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)]

destroy1297

poverisha1382

apoora1400

impover1418

poora1425

dispurveyc1430

impoverish1440

beggar1528

weaken1530

ruinate1547

ruin1560

depauper1562

depoverish1569

craze1573

soak1577

sift1591

waste1599

impoor1613

uncluea1616

depauperate1623

disenrich1647

necessitate1647

erumnate1676

straiten1699

poorify1711

pauperize1806

pauperate1839

pauper1841

to clear out1884

immiserate1956

penny-pincha1961

immiserize1971

a1961 J. Yaffe in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) at Penny-pinch A sinister but fascinating kind of joy in..penny-pinching his own family.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. 20 a For seven years, Congress..has penny-pinched virtually all civilian programs outside of Social Security.

2004 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 7 Mar. c1 He's penny-pinched the organization almost to the bone while hiking ticket prices for the upcoming season.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penny-pinch
释义	penny-pinchv. Brit. /ˈpɛnɪpɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˌpɪn(t)ʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., pinch v. Etymology: < penny n. + pinch v., after penny-pinched adj., penny-pincher n., penny-pinching adj. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. intransitive. To be niggardly or parsimonious. Frequently with on. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)] spare1377 to lick one's knifec1400 chincha1425 pincha1425 stick1533 nig1559 to make pottage of a flintc1576 niggard1596 wretcha1598 niggardize1606 wire-draw1616 screw1820 skincha1825 scrimp1848 stinge1937 to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942 penny-pinch1945 1945 Sunday Times-Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 18 Nov. ii. 11/3 The woman who fought and penny-pinched so that Veda might be luxuriously housed and clothed. 1964 Times 25 June 6/3 For too long have Governments..penny-pinched on essentials. 1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. v. 92 He penny-pinched on the candles..so the servants had to spend their few hours off in practically pitch darkness. 1994 A. Taylor Air that Kills iii. xi. 141 She was a bondservant to her husband and her children and her house: she cooked, cleaned, washed, mended and penny-pinched. 2. transitive. To act in a parsimonious way towards; to make poor; to underfund. Cf. penny-pinched adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > make poor or impoverish [verb (transitive)] destroy1297 poverisha1382 apoora1400 impover1418 poora1425 dispurveyc1430 impoverish1440 beggar1528 weaken1530 ruinate1547 ruin1560 depauper1562 depoverish1569 craze1573 soak1577 sift1591 waste1599 impoor1613 uncluea1616 depauperate1623 disenrich1647 necessitate1647 erumnate1676 straiten1699 poorify1711 pauperize1806 pauperate1839 pauper1841 to clear out1884 immiserate1956 penny-pincha1961 immiserize1971 a1961 J. Yaffe in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1961) at Penny-pinch A sinister but fascinating kind of joy in..penny-pinching his own family. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. 20 a For seven years, Congress..has penny-pinched virtually all civilian programs outside of Social Security. 2004 Modesto (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 7 Mar. c1 He's penny-pinched the organization almost to the bone while hiking ticket prices for the upcoming season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1945
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