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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A miserly person.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)

Examples

  • “If one bends over backwards to avoid such epithets as spend -, slip - or slidethrift, spillgood, or scattergood, one incurs hostile mutters of sparethrift or sparegood, scrapepelf or scrape-good, pinchfist or skinflint (also flay - or fleaflint), pinchgut

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 1

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