mingy

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“
Push your meat through the stuffer and into the casing, exerting a slight pressure as needed to make sure that the casings fill up well without any air pockets or mingy bits.

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  1. adjective Informal Small in quantity; meager: mingy wages.
  2. adjective Informal Mean and stingy.

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  • Push your meat through the stuffer and into the casing, exerting a slight pressure as needed to make sure that the casings fill up well without any air pockets or mingy bits. —  Damn Hell Ass Kings
  • For them, $76,100 - even the $121,100 paid the premier - is going to look mingy as they consider cuts they would have to make to live on that income. —  Public Eye Online
  • Even if you succeed in accumulating a massive nest egg, would it be worthwhile if you led a mingy existence while doing so? —  CNN.com
  • But mean times don't necessarily mean mingy meals.
 

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