| 单词 | to pinch pennies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pinch pennies (also a penny) b. transitive. To limit or restrict the supply of (money, bounty, etc.); to stint; to give (something) sparingly or grudgingly. Now British regional, except in to pinch pennies (also a penny): to be penny-pinching or parsimonious (cf. pinchpenny adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] pinch?1529 to make dainty of (anything)1555 scant1573 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 ?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. C viij v Lett him ones begynne to pynche Or to withdrawe their tithinge an ynche. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. ii. 78 Couetouslie pinching their Tables and almes. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xiii. 305 If ever she affordeth fine ware, she alwayes pincheth it in the measure. 1695 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 320 They are not to pinch the water from the faw-well. 1897 New Eng. Mag. Sept. 52/2 He does not pinch a penny so hard as some of other races are said to do, but he pinches a dollar harder, and is quite as unlovely as any. 1906 N.E.D. (at cited word) Ye needna hae pincht the water; it's cheap aneuch ony way. Dinna pinch the elbow-grease. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xix. 152 The surly Monsieur Salmon..complaining and pinching pennies as he made his purchases. 1991 Newsweek 20 May 29/3 He had ample cause to pinch pennies: with eight children, and with mortgage payments, real-estate taxes and college bills totalling $90,000 a year. < as lemmas |
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