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stingier |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. {Stingier}; superl. {Stingiest}.] [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf E. skinch.] Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. --L'estrange.
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