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Meanings of too stingy in English

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Usage of too stingy in English
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This firm is too stingy to keep a full force of clerks.
For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store
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But the 13 times multiple of its IPO was too stingy.
Reuters
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Part of that I spent for tools they was too stingy to give me.
The Rules of the Game
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Labouise answered: "Possibly, but it is not for you; you're too stingy."
Original Short Stories — Volume 03
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The North did not respond, with analysts saying Pyongyang saw the offer as too stingy.
Reuters
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She complains he is too stingy to divorce her.
The new yorker
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He's too stingy to give it to us.
The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck
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Some young men are too stingy to buy the daily papers, and are very ignorant and narrow.
Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
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The only interesting thing going on in the whole house and Slorn was too stingy to let him watch.
The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2
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She's too stingy for words.
Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman
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She sent me out here to look after Mike, an' was too stingy even to pay my hack fare.
The Girl at Cobhurst
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My son will join the Mission School, where they aren't too stingy to give him a bit of candy!
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
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What's more, critics say a federal stimulus plan is too stingy and fails to renew a wildly popular program to spark clean energy production.
Reuters
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"The Selectmen of Lakeville are too stingy to appropriate any money for a fire department," said Bert.
The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck
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"I don't know," replied Jerry; "I guess it's because folks are too stingy to pay for it.
Oscar; Or, The Boy Who Had His Own Way
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"Never," replied Ben, "he's too stingy to light up on a moonlight night when the water's clear.
The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake; Or, the Hermit of Fern Island
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