pinchgut
/ˈpɪntʃˌɡʌt/
noun
- A miserly or stingy person; someone who is extremely tight with money.
- Don't be a pinchgut — share your candy with your friends.
- Old Mr. Higgins was such a pinchgut that he never bought new clothes.
- The pinchgut landlord refused to fix the leaky roof.
- A state of extreme poverty or scarcity.
- The family endured a pinchgut winter with little food.
- After losing his job, he faced months of pinchgut.
- During the war, the whole country lived in pinchgut conditions.
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