pincher

Related to pincher: penny pincher

penny pincher

Someone who is extremely frugal or miserly with their money; someone who is very unwilling or reluctant to spend. My ex-husband was such a penny pincher that, on the rare occasion we would go out to eat, he wouldn't even leave a tip! It was when I was completely broke in college that I became something of a penny pincher.
See also: penny, pincher

pinch pennies

To spend as little money as possible; to be especially frugal, especially with the aim of saving up for something bigger. Ever since we had our second child, we've had to pinch pennies to make sure they both get what they want for Christmas.
See also: penny, pinch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pinch pennies

Be thrifty or miserly, as in There's no need to pinch pennies now that you're working full-time. This term was first recorded in 1942.
See also: penny, pinch
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

pinch pennies

If someone pinches pennies, they try to spend as little money as possible. States and the federal government are pinching pennies everywhere they can and often cutting arts programs first. Markets are shrinking and customers are pinching pennies. Note: The verb penny pinch has a similar meaning but is more disapproving. Good, lasting floors are an essential in any house, so it does not pay to try and penny pinch. Note: Pennypinching is used as a noun and an adjective, and people who do this are called penny pinchers. He ordered a huge meal. This wasn't a moment for pennypinching. For penny pinchers, a nearby restaurant offers a version of the dish for $10.
See also: penny, pinch
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

pinch ˈpennies

(informal) try to spend as little money as possible: We’ve been pinching pennies all year so that we can visit my relatives in Australia in December. ▶ ˈpenny-pinching adj.: penny-pinching governments ˈpenny-pinching noun ˈpenny-pincher noun
See also: penny, pinch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

penny-pincher

n. someone who is very miserly; someone who objects to the expenditure of every penny. If you weren’t such a penny-pincher, you’d have some decent clothes.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

pinch pennies

Informal
To be thrifty or miserly.
See also: penny, pinch
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • a stranger to (someone or something)
  • be out of (one's) league
  • be out of somebody's league
  • be in bad with (someone)
  • (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
  • bargain
  • bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
  • brief (someone) about (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
In a letter to the president of the national federation of Cypriots in the UK, Christos Karaolis, Pincher underlined the "great value" ascribed by the UK to its relationship with Cyprus.
New British government says it hopes for stronger Cyprus ties
In a letter to the President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK Christos Karaolis, Pincher stated that the UK greatly values the relationship with Cyprus.
POLITICS: UK supports fresh attempt at Cyprus peace talks
Pincher said that UK shows great interest in the upcoming parliamentary elections of deputies, which will be held in Uzbekistan in December this year.
President of Uzbekistan to visit Great Britain
Pincher stated that he had an excellent phone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov.
Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of UK to visit Azerbaijan
Mr Pincher responded by tweeting from within the chamber: "I was cancelling my next appointment because he was going on for so long.
'Speaker not showing courtesy and respect' - Leadsom
Mr Pincher stood down from the whips' office and referred himself to the Tory complaints procedure following Mail on Sunday reports that he had been accused of making an unwanted pass at former Olympic rower and Conservative activist Alex Story.
Crabb cleared of rules breach
A government whip is actually entitled to PS19,523 a year, but along with other Ministers they have voluntarily turned down recent pay rises, which means Mr Pincher was receiving PS17,917 for his whip's job.
MP gives up PS17,917 pay after quitting as Tory whip
The Mail on Sunday reported that Mr Pincher had been accused of making an unwanted pass at former Olympic rower and Conservative activist Alex Story.
MP gives up PS17,917 pay after quitting as Tory whip; HE REFERRED HIMSELF TO POLICE FOLLOWING CLAIMS OVER BEHAVIOUR
CHRIS Pincher has quit his role as a Government whip and referred himself to police after it was claimed he made an unwanted pass at a party activist while wearing a bathrobe.
Pincher quits and reports himself to cops over 'pass'
BATHROBE Story, above, made claims about Pincher, inset
Pincher quits and refers himself to police over 'pass'
Chapman Pincher, who revealed secret after secret during his years as defence correspondent at the Daily Express, died of old age, his son said in a post on his Facebook page.
'Lone Wolf ' journalist dies at 100; Ex-city teacher who revealed spy secrets
But it's a doberman pincher, who uses a doberman pincher as a seeing eye dog?" the man asked "Oh," Jim responded "you must have not heard, this is the latest type of seeing eye dog, they do a very good job."
Blind man
Boomerang Plastics, the pilot recycling line of Tamworth-based Summit Systems, recently welcomed local MP, Christopher Pincher, to its facility to demonstrate its bespoke machinery for the recycling of food-contaminated plastic.
MP SEES POTS of potential in Tamworth facility
A glowing caver quotation from Chapman Pincher, or Harry as the author refers to him, tells readers of Stalin's Man in Canada at the outset that the Cold War never ended for this author.
David Levy, Stalin's Man in Canada: Fred Rose and Soviet Espionage