08-14-2019, 10:32 PM
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The term “penny-pinching” was not — pardon the pun — coined by Americans. It was first used in Tomas Dekker’s play, “Shoemaker’s Holiday” in 1600, and it was around long before America was officially founded. The phrase didn’t catch on in the U.S. until the 20th century, more than 100 years after the penny was introduced to Americans.
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