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the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money
- Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a taskmaster so dedicated to cheeseparing that he would prefer that his employees freeze to death rather than splurge on heat
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“Cheeseparing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeseparing. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of cheeseparing was in 1800
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