as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
we've ended up treating that penny-pincher to dinner three times and she's never once offered to pay
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miser
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Old misers working themselves into their graves, amassing money beyond what their lives require while lording power over others, were stock characters in nineteenth-century fiction.—
Samuel Moyn,
Harpers Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026 -
The more frugal sides are decried as misers or praised for their market savvy, no matter the surrounding factors.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Penny-pincher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penny-pincher. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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