Cheeseparing

n.

1.

A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.

Adj.

1.

cheeseparing - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man" Synonyms: penny-pinching, near, close

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