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Money Penny Pincher Spend Loop Person Doesn’t Mother

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Idiom PENNY PINCHER
Definition a person that doesn’t like to spend money
Examples
  1. My mother won’t spend money on new clothes until her old ones are nearly falling apart. She’s a penny pincher.
  2. When Joe decided to save money for a house, he became a penny pincher—he stopped eating at restaurants, went to the library instead of buying books, and walked to work instead of taking the train.
Category Money

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