Translations for „penny-pinching“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

I . ˈpen·ny-pinch·ing N no pl

penny-pinching

stiskaštvo n

penny-pinching

skopuštvo n

II . ˈpen·ny-pinch·ing ADJ

penny-pinching

stiskaški

penny-pinching

skopušen

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English

Our dream theatre would have a range of ticket prices, including discount and freebie movie nights for penny-pinching clientele.

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Another is recently dead, to the great relief of his widow; a third is penny-pinching on his honeymoon.

www.independent.co.uk

Maybe they observed the struggle you had bringing them up and it triggered penny-pinching tendencies.

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Her reply revealed that three of them were spinners, one generously allocated to each division of the supposedly penny-pinching transport company.

www.independent.ie

It is outrageous and penny-pinching that they don't.

www.dailystar.co.uk

In a penny-pinching year, how shall we pay for ambition?

www.standard.co.uk

The penny-pinching atmosphere of the 1930s produced hypercautious commanders and defective torpedoes.

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Having processes, rules, policies and cost controls is too often portrayed as bureaucratic, penny-pinching and inhumane.

www.theglobeandmail.com

She was surrounded by well-meaning nurses who themselves tried to fight the good fight against self-absorbed docs and penny-pinching hospital policies.

tv.blogs.starnewsonline.com

Thatcher grew up in an era of hardship and penny-pinching, but she also lived in an age of high social solidarity and restraint.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk