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  • 81minginess — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness …

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  • 82niggardliness — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness …

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  • 83niggardness — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness …

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  • 84penny-pinching — I noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily • Syn: ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑thrift • Derivationally related forms: ↑thrifty (for: ↑thrift …

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  • 85tightfistedness — noun extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightness, ↑closeness …

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  • 86tightness — noun 1. extreme stinginess • Syn: ↑meanness, ↑minginess, ↑niggardliness, ↑niggardness, ↑parsimony, ↑parsimoniousness, ↑tightfistedness, ↑closeness …

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  • 87parcimonious — variant of parsimonious * * * parcimonious, ony var. parsimonious, ony …

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  • 88cheese|par|ing — «CHEEZ PAIR ihng», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a paring of the rind of cheese. 2. Figurative. an object of no value. 3. Figurative. niggardly economizing; parsimonious saving. –adj. Figurative. niggardly; miserly; parsimonious …

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  • 89Chinche — Chinche, a. [F. chiche miserly.] Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 90Close — (kl[=o]s), a. [Compar. {Closer} (kl[=o] s[ e]r); superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. [1913 Webster] From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden. [1913… …

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