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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cheese·par·ing /-ˌpærɪŋ, ˌpɛr-/
 吝嗇;私房錢

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cheese·par·ing n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a.  Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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