- Pinchfist
- Pinchfist Pinch"fist`, n. A closefisted person; a miser. [1913 Webster]
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Pinchfist
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pinchfist — /ˈpɪntʃfɪst/ (say pinchfist) noun British Colloquial a mean or miserly person. {pinch + fist} …
pinchfist — n.; (also pinchpenny) Miser, niggard, hunks, curmudgeon, skinflint, screw, scrimp … New dictionary of synonyms
pinchfist — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pinch (I) + fist, n. : niggard • pinchfisted ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective * * * pinchˈfist, pinchˈgut or pinchˈpenny … Useful english dictionary
Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series — This is a list of recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O Brian. References to page numbers, where they appear, are based upon the W. W. Norton Company printing of the novels.Recurring charactersMain characters… … Wikipedia
churl — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, Silas Marner, arriviste, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon, debt slave,… … Moby Thesaurus
miser — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, accumulator, bill collector, cheapskate, churl, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat,… … Moby Thesaurus
niggard — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save all, scrooge … Moby Thesaurus
pinchpenny — n. See pinchfist … New dictionary of synonyms
churl — n 1. rustic, peasant, provincial, country cousin, countryman, hobnail; farmer, plowman, plow boy, chuff, swain, gaffer, kern, son or tiller of the soil, (in Egypt) fellah, (in Russia) muszhik or moujik, (in Spanish America and Southwestern U.S.)… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
miser — [n] person who hoards money, possessions cheapskate*, churl, harpy*, hoarder, moneygrubber*, penny pincher*, pinchfist*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, stiff*, tightwad*; concepts 348,412,423 Ant. spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel … New thesaurus
