penny-wise

2 definitions found

penny-wise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  penny-wise \penny-wise\ adj.
     1. Thrifty in small matters only. Used mostly in the phrase
        penny-wise and pound foolish.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

penny-wise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  penny-wise
      adj 1: thrifty in small matters only