miser

• Now give me a hundred dollars Upon this the miser was all panic. —  The Confidence-Man
• You have heard gambling talked of as a disease Yes, but I don't believe it is Do you believe that a miser is a morally diseased man Well, perhaps he is," returned Sharp; "but a gambler is not necessarily a miser Yet the two have some symptoms of this moral disease in common. —  Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories
• He was a miser, and never before had he so much wealth he could call his own. —  Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England
• He was a miser--a stern and hard man--living always alone and with few friends. —  Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel
• You steal a golden basin set with jewels from a signor who receives you with magnificence, and you give it to a curmudgeon who treats you with indignity My son," replied the hermit, "this mighty lord, who only welcomes travellers through vanity, and to display his riches, will henceforth grow wiser, while the miser will be taught to practise hospitality. —  Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know

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