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Meanings of as stingy in English

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Usage of as stingy in English
1
But the government had been as stingy in almanacs as in coal and compasses.
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
2
I never see as stingy a lot o' people in all my born days.
Idle Hour Stories
3
If he's as stingy with money as with language she's hard a narrow escape.
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
4
An' they do tell me, Measter Anthony, that he be jist as stingy as ever.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
5
I'm afraid you'll find him as stingy with hints as he is with everything else.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
6
Of course, he is as stingy as a Jew can be; but not with his daughter.
Leah Mordecai: A Novel
7
They are as stingy as they can live.
The Wide, Wide World
8
Since then I have been as stingy as a miser, and but two bottles have been opened.
The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
9
On the other hand, to be a non-scab, to give least for most, is universally branded as stingy, selfish, and unchristian-like.
War of the Classes
10
My mother hasn't much money, I have none of my own, and old Octagon is as stingy as he well can be.
The Secret Passage
11
But Purdy, who was as stingy as a miser and as incisive as a rat-trap, had caught wind of the proposed tunnel scheme.
The Titan
12
Many readers, however, grew to love them-andI realized I didn't need to be quite as stingy with the hidden story as I was being.
Arcanum Unbounded
13
"I know something, too," declared Elfreda, "but I'm not as stingy as Grace.
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
14
"You don't mean to tell me you are as stingy as that, Arnold Carruth?"
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
15
"Is she as stingy as you are?"
The Morgesons: A Novel
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