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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. giving or spending with reluctance;
- Example: "our cheeseparing administration"
- Example: "very close (or near) with his money"
- Example: "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
[syn: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cheeseparing \Cheese"par`ing\, n.
   A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping;
   mean; as, cheeseparing economy.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cheeseparing
    adj 1: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
           administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
           "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
           close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]