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niggard

noun
A stingy person: miser, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal: penny pincher. Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See give
adjective
Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean 2, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give
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