PINCHPENNY

PRONUNCIATION: (PINCH-pen-ee)

MEANING: adjective: Unwilling to spend or give money.
noun: A miserly person.

ETYMOLOGY: From pinch, from Old French pincier (to pinch) + penny (the smallest denomination of currency). Earliest documented use: 1425.

NOTES: The word penny-pincher is a synonym of pinchpenny, but you have to admit, it doesn’t have quite the same zing as the tosspot word. Another synonym of today’s word is pinchgut, but catchpenny is something entirely different.
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PINCHPEONY - what you do when you want the plant to branch

PITCHPENNY - an urban child's game

INCHPENNY - the unit used to measure how much currency is moved how far