coupon clipper

noun

1. a well-to-do person much of whose income is derived from clipping and cashing coupons from coupon bonds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coupon clipper¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

We were kind of a make-do family … Thankfully my mama was an expert coupon clipper.

From Fox News

I need it to be an omniscient coupon clipper and keeper of receipts.

From Wall Street Journal

Are you a bargain hunter, coupon clipper or thrifty shopper?

From US News

But it is now generally understood that the way to keep shoppers in malls is not merely to appeal to their inner coupon clipper.

From Forbes

Archer Daniels Midland: coupon clipper to the world.

From Chicago Tribune