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Значения термина niggard на английском

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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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              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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