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niggard

ni gerd

  • n  a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

  • No niggard, the Aga Khan charges for the really enormous quantity of water in which he bathes each year, only his weight in gold.
  • Scurrilous persons who might have called Il Duce a Christmas niggard forebore to do so, last week, when he despatched 300 tons of food supplies and clothing to gladden .
  • No niggard, however, Alf Landon gave the fraternity a cuspidor.

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