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NIGGARDLINESS

\nˈɪɡədlinəs], \nˈɪɡədlinəs], \n_ˈɪ_ɡ_ə_d_l_i_n_ə_s]\

Definitions of NIGGARDLINESS

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or spending; parsimony; stinginess.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Mean covetousness; stinginess; miserliness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

n. State of being niggardly; mean covetousness; sordid parsimony.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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