to be a cheapskate, to hoard
O patrão é tão sovina que come na gaveta pra não dividir.
The boss is such a cheapskate he hides his food so he doesn't have to share.
A Centro-Oeste image of stinginess: a person so cheap that they hide their food in a drawer rather than share it.
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