cheeseparing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite giving or spending with reluctance
    close; near; skinny; penny-pinching.
    • our cheeseparing administration
    • very close (or near) with his money
    • a penny-pinching miserly old man

WordNet


Cheese"par`ing noun
Definitions
  1. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Webster 1913