adv. a greedy stingy person who lives in a poor way in order to save money.
He is a penny-pinching miserly old man.
He is a penny-pinching miserly old man.
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Who was so miserly that they never took a bath?
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What did the miserly landlord swallow by accident?
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Where did the old miserly landlord live?
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Who was 'as miserly as a sleeping marmot?'
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scrooge; cheapskate; harpy; hoarder
spender; spendthrift; waster;wastrel
3 syllables
mi-ser-ly
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