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penny-pinchers think nothing of buying a bottle of spirits in duty free so they can enjoy a snifter on their balcony rather than pay for overpriced drinks at the bar.
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Tree huggers and
penny-pinchers can probably agree: A thermostat that learns your habits as you use it, and then heats and cools your home accordingly, is a smart investment.
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Instead, the
penny-pinchers honed in on the Albion Street tourist office as an easy win as the cuts got underway.
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Braking is exceptionally impressive and, although you won't get many miles per gallon (19 on average), this is not the vehicle for
penny-pinchers. Of course, there is an array of class-leading safety features on board, including anti-lock brakes, anti-slip regulation, electronic stability programme, electronic brakeforce distribution, tyre pressure monitoring, driver, front and side airbags and more besides.
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Conservatives are
penny-pinchers where public services are concerned, and aren't particularly bothered about the rest of us who rely on them.
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I WOULD PREFER that waiters were paid a living wage, making them immune to the whims of
penny-pinchers like you and me, but the system we actually have makes it customary to tip at least 15 percent of the final bill, no matter how much work is involved.
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In my own country, the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) became a political football, particularly at election time as politicians sought to portray themselves as guardians of the NHS and the opposing party as cruel
penny-pinchers. For British readers out there, remember the saga of Jennifer's Ear, back in 1992?
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The other groups are "involuntary
penny-pinchers," who have been hard hit by the recession, and "apathetic materialists," who have been the least changed by it.
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THE PRICE The keenly priced market menu offers two courses for pounds 9.95 and three for pounds 12.50 (for
penny-pinchers, whom I admire, that's pounds 2.55 for homemade ice creams or sorbets).
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And he may be as poor now as a Highlands crofter but, unlike the carpers and
penny-pinchers, he'll always have plenty of days in the sun to remember.
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"Undesirable" customers are the skin-flints, tightwads and
penny-pinchers who constantly apply for rebates, purchase returned merchandise at a discount after buying and returning it themselves, or resell marked-down merchandise at a profit on the Internet.
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clickthrough, such false economizing
penny-pinchers will have to live with the patrons they already have, praying that age will not wither or the Web lure these few familiar faces away.
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But Whitehall
penny-pinchers dealt the biggest blow to Middlesbrough Council.
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Then there's the unpronounceable words, so-called
penny-pinchers in Ceredigion and, of course, the never ending sheep jokes.
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