1. a person who is extremely careful with money; a miser

1. extremely frugal or stingy with money

Examples

• My uncle is such a pinchpenny that he reuses tea bags three times.
• The company’s pinchpenny policies made employees bring their own office supplies.
• Don’t be a pinchpenny when it comes to your health insurance.
• Her pinchpenny attitude toward groceries meant the family ate a lot of rice and beans.
• The pinchpenny landlord refused to fix the broken heater to save money.
• He’s known as the office pinchpenny because he never contributes to group gifts.