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  • adjective Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters.

Etymologies

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penny +‎ wise

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  • The name of the evil clown in IT.

    I was thinking of the adj. (?? curse my lack of grammar nomenclature skillz) penny-wise.

    October 10, 2007