pinch-gut

== English == === Etymology === From pinch +‎ gut. === Noun === pinch-gut (plural pinch-guts) (obsolete) A miser; especially someone parsimonious with food. ==== Synonyms ==== pinch-back, pinch-belly, pinch-commons, pinch-crust, pinchfist, pinchpenny, pinch-plum; See also Thesaurus:miser ==== Derived terms ==== pinch-gut money, pinch-gut pay (“allowance paid if provisions run short”), pinch-gut ship (“ship that feed sailors poorly”), pinch-gut vengeance (“bad beer”), pinch-gutted (“very hungry”)