niggard
31cheapskate — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. penny pincher, tightwad, miser, niggard, *nickel squeezer. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A stingy person: miser, niggard, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal: penny pincher. Slang: stiff, tightwad. See GIVE …
32nig — (n.) c.1300, niggardly person (see NIGGARD (Cf. niggard)). As an abbreviated form of NIGGER (Cf. nigger), attested by c.1832, American English …
33niggardly — (adj.) 1560s, from NIGGARD (Cf. niggard) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). It was while giving a speech in Washington, to a very international audience, about the British theft of the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon. I described the attitude of the current… …
34niggle — (v.) 1590s (implied in niggling), possibly from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Norw. dial. nigla be busy with trifles ), perhaps related to source of NIGGARD (Cf. niggard). Related: Niggled; niggling; niggler …
35pinchgut — noun a niggardly person who starves himself (and others) • Hypernyms: ↑niggard, ↑skinflint, ↑scrooge, ↑churl * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pinch (I) …
36pinchfist — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pinch (I) + fist, n. : niggard • pinchfisted ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective * * * pinchˈfist, pinchˈgut or pinchˈpenny …
37nig|gard — «NIHG uhrd», noun, adjective. –n. a stingy person; miser: »Little niggard!…refusing me a pecuniary request (Charlotte Brontë). SYNONYM(S): skinflint. –adj. stingy; miserly: »lands which a niggard nature had apparently condemned to perpetual… …
38a — Gripe Gripe, n. 1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. [1913 Webster] A barren scepter in my gripe. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mech.) A device for grasping …
39A screw loose — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …
40angleworm — Earthworm Earth worm , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any worm of the genus {Lumbricus} and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is {L. terrestris}; many others are known; called also {angleworm} …
