"Niggard" is a word in ENGLISH
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends
grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious;
niggardly; miserly; stingy.
The darkest clouds precipitate the most rain.
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An old lady saw a little boy with a fishing-rod over his shoulder and a jar of tadpoles in his hand walking through the park one Sunday. "Little boy," she called, "don't you know you shouldn't go fishing on a Sunday?" "I'm not going fishing, ma'am," he called back, "I'm going home."
A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his …
Read the complete definitionMeanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
Read the complete definitionMeanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Read the complete definitionExtremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
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