Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cheeseparing \Cheese"par`ing\, n.
   A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping;
   mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Source : WordNet®

cheeseparing
     adj : giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
           administration"; "very close (or near) with his money";
           "a penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: {close}, {near},
            {penny-pinching}]