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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun an extreme stinginess.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun extreme stinginess

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Examples

  • Betty is keenly aware of the minginess of her lower middle-class surroundings.

    The Hack 2009

  • Betty is keenly aware of the minginess of her lower middle-class surroundings.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • He is the only nightly anchor who regularly addresses the problems of organized labor, the minginess of the minimum wage, the slimy influence of lobbyists in Washington, the debt bomb ticking in subprime mortgages, and the health-insurance crisis.

    Father Dobbs James Wolcott 2007

  • He is the only nightly anchor who regularly addresses the problems of organized labor, the minginess of the minimum wage, the slimy influence of lobbyists in Washington, the debt bomb ticking in subprime mortgages, and the health-insurance crisis.

    Father Dobbs Wolcott, James 2007

  • Meanwhile, I can't let the week pass without noting that John McCain--who seemed poised to vote for the New Start treaty--voted against it after Don't Ask, Don't Tell passed, thus completing a perfect record of mean-spirited minginess for the year.

    TIME.com: Top Stories Joe Klein 2010

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