Wiktionary
vb. To severely economize.
Usage examples of "pinch pennies".
Ever anxious to parsimoniously pinch pennies, Mickey has cast lavender loverboy Touch Vecchio in a key role--and the Touchster is hot, hot, hotsville with the star of the movie: limpwristed lothario Rock Rockwell.
I understand that and I empathize, but it's the wrong place to pinch pennies.
Where the stability and security of the Persian Gulf are concerned, we cannot afford to pinch pennies.
Retire, hang around the house, pinch pennies, and help you with the chores all day?
We pinch pennies as the Belgians eat horse-meat, because something in our genes requires it.
The warmth was heavenly, and she decided she would pinch pennies any way she could until she could afford a pair of boots.
She'd spend a mint on a new suit for him, but pinch pennies when it came to utilities.
So she doesnt have to pinch pennies and go back to work two weeks after the baby is born?
We must pinch pennies and depend upon the good will of the President for our continued existence.