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Niggard
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Meaning
Adj
●
Sparing;
stinting
; parsimonious.
●
Miserly or stingy.
Noun
●
In People:
A
miser
or
stingy
person; a skinflint.
●
A
false bottom
in a
grate
, used for
saving
fuel.
Verb
●
To
hoard
; to
act
stingily.
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Wiktionary
Origin
niggard
English
nigard
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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