nickel-shaving

noun

Stinginess.

“These nickel-shaving efforts were a farce: a bit of frugality theater.”

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Meanings

nounnickel-shaving (uncountable)
  1. CanadaUSuncountableStinginess.

    The company's nickel-shaving is counterproductive to its own efficiency and its own strategic goals.

adjectivenickel-shaving (comparative more nickel-shaving, superlative most nickel-shaving)

comparative more nickel-shaving · superlative most nickel-shaving

  1. Miserly, stingy.

    These nickel-shaving efforts were a farce: a bit of frugality theater.

Origin

See shave a nickel.

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APA

nickel-shaving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickel-shaving

MLA

“nickel-shaving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickel-shaving. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nickel-shaving,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickel-shaving.

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