Could we say they are penny pinchers?
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Pinchers
Synonyms for "pinchers" (2 found)
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Sample sentences
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Most people, when they have to extract a nail from a piece of wood with the aid of a pair of pinchers, perform the operation in the wrong way, as in Fig. 1.
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