Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pinch-gut

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: pinch-gut
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Por. We are my Lady Pinch-guts men, Sir. Co. Her Men? No, he Mice. We live upon crums,^([sic]) and a good Cat would run away with us all. […] L. W. I wonder at it; my Lords humour is very oppoſite to hers, he loves Grandeur. Co. So does ſhe, Sir, but hates to pat for't. She will ha' Servants for a ſhew, and they ſhall ha' Liveries for a ſhew, when company comes: But when company's gone, we are ſtripp'd and ſtarv'd; a damn'd Papiſtical Heathen."
"Pinch-gut—A mean purser."

Etymology

From pinch + gut.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

pinch-guts (plural)

Phrases

pinch-gut money pinch-gut pay pinch-gut ship pinch-gut vengeance pinch-gutted

Synonyms

pinch-back pinch-belly pinch-commons pinch-crust pinchfist pinchpenny pinch-plum

Questions

What does pinch-gut mean?: A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food.
Where does pinch-gut come from?: From pinch + gut.

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