Chinchy

/ˈtʃɪntʃi/ adjective

Unwilling to spend money; stingy, miserly, or characterized by being overly frugal in an annoying way.

Likely borrowed from Yiddish 'tsjintsh' or related to dialectal English; the word became popular in American English slang, especially in urban communities during the 20th century.

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