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/muk"werrm'/, n.1. (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.2. a miser.[1590-1600; MUCK + WORM]
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Muckworm — Muck worm , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; applied to the larv[ae] of the tumbledung and allied beetles. [1913 Webster] 2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. Misers are muckworms.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muckworm — [muk′wʉrm΄] n. 1. a grub, or larva, that lives and develops in manure or mud 2. a miser … English World dictionary
muckworm — n. Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, codger, skinflint, scrimp, screw, lick penny, hunks, sordid wretch, money grubber … New dictionary of synonyms
muckworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : miser b. : guttersnipe 2. : worm; specifically : a worm found in mucky soil or manure not use … Useful english dictionary
churl — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, Silas Marner, arriviste, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boor, bounder, bourgeois, cad, captive, chattel, chattel slave, clodhopper, clown, concubine, curmudgeon, debt slave,… … Moby Thesaurus
miser — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, accumulator, bill collector, cheapskate, churl, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat,… … Moby Thesaurus
niggard — Synonyms and related words: Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save all, scrooge … Moby Thesaurus
miser — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hoarder, niggard, money grubber, skinflint, penny pincher (sl.), tightwad (sl.). See parsimony. Ant., altruist, benefactor. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hoarder of gold] Syn. extortioner, usurer,… … English dictionary for students
parsimony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive frugality Nouns 1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, stinginess, miserliness; illiberality, avarice, greed (see desire). See selfishness, economy. 2. miser, niggard, churl, skinflint, scrimp,… … English dictionary for students
tightwad — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., slang, skinflint, cheapskate. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. muckworm, niggard, scrimp; see miser 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. miser, *cheapskate, *Scrooge, *penny pincher,… … English dictionary for students
