Penny-wise

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  penny-wise
       adj : thrifty in small matters only