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Significados de niggard en inglés

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A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.

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A person who is stingy and miserly.

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Examples for "scrooge"
Examples for "scrooge"
1
It is Scrooge;- aconvertedScrooge; and I, I suppose, am Tiny Tim.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
2
Obviously, Disney already had their own ready-to-cook central character in Scrooge McDuck.
The Irish Times
3
So what did his friend John French do for this seasonal Scrooge?
News.com.au
4
Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
5
Scrooge looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it no more.
Short Stories Old and New
1
My heart lurched with anger; the churl might have lowered his voice.
Sovereign
2
In that case I cannot be such a churl as to refuse.
The Parisians — Volume 05
3
I should be a churl if I did not tell you so.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
4
But he is a mannerless churl, we will not think of him.
Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
5
My kinswoman could have received no greater kindness at the churl's hands.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
1
Would proper ink cost the old skinflint ninepence more per gallon, perhaps?
The Guardian
2
Because I know you, and know that you are a regular skinflint.
Dead Souls
3
It was a skinflint document, and here are a couple of quotations:-
Canada and the States
4
This old skinflint is opening his bosom and handing me a knife.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
5
They do say you are a skinflint, yes, and a hard man.
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
Uso de niggard en inglés
1
Be doubly careful of those to whom nature has been a niggard.
Autumn Leaves: Original Pieces in Prose and Verse
2
Miss Grandon might be queer and unsocial, but she was no niggard.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
3
She was a niggard in things which did not concern herself.
The Hawk of Egypt
4
But money is distributed with a niggard hand, and only once a year.
The English Governess at the Siamese Court / Being Recollections...
5
Praise or blame of its contriver, shown a niggard or profuse
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
6
I fear lest we seem churlish and niggard in his eyes.
Sir Nigel
7
Are they so precious that I, like a disgusting niggard, should spare them?
Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
8
We can plainly see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation.
On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection / Or, the...
9
Pixie was no niggard in sympathy, but for the moment she had other views.
The Love Affairs of Pixie
10
The greatest niggard on the street would pay two pins for such a sight.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
11
Those who when they spend are neither lavish nor niggard, but keep the mean:-
The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
12
It is a niggard's gift that costs the giver nothing.
A Dance with Dragons
13
For once, fortune hath not been a niggard with me.
The Bravo: A Tale
14
Napoleon was prodigal of promises, but niggard of their fulfilment.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
15
Oh, he was no niggard of his crowns, our Emperor!
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
16
We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
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