例句-1: "You know, with the national debt getting so big, maybe we ought to elect some penny-pinchers to the Congress next time instead of these guys who are so good at spending the taxpayers' money."
例句-2: "Our family is really pinching pennies these days trying to save money -- our daughter's going into medical school and the tuition is !4,000 a year."
例句-3: "My brother Dick is a smart, goodlooking guy. But none of my friends want to go out with him because he's such a cheapskate. His idea of showing a girl a good time is to take her to MacDonald's for a hamburger and then to the zoo because admission is free."
例句-4: "I know my son thinks I'm a cheapskate because I won't buy him a motorcycle. But he doesn't realize I don't have much money left after I pay the rent and all the other bills. Any money left over I have to save to pay his way to college next year."