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Example sentences from the Web for penny-wiseBut it is wonderful what people, penny-wise and pound foolish, will sometimes do to save 2d. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.|Various Not a little, too, of Sir George's economy was of "the penny-wise and pound-foolish" kind. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory|John M'lean He was penny-wise and pound-foolish, so he cut out the wireless to save a miserable hundred and forty dollars a month. Cappy Ricks Retires|Peter B. Kyne Penny-wise and pound-foolish, has been the ruin of thousands. The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. I|Thomas Paine
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adjectivegreatly concerned with saving small sums of money penny-wise and pound-foolish careful about trifles but wasteful in large ventures Words nearby penny-wisepennyroyal, penny shares, penny stock, pennyweight, penny whistle, penny-wise, penny wise and pound foolish, pennywort, pennyworth, Penobscot, Penobscot Bay Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to penny-wiseefficient, cost-effective, prudent, practical, meticulous, thrifty, canny, careful, stingy, sparing, saving, penny-pinching, spare, close, mean, scrimping, skimping, avaricious, chary, circumspect |