Hoardful

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to hoard things; miserly.

    "The white supreme non-Indian has showed his lesson well Of how he saved the Penobscot [River], by polluting it to hell With the hoardful Great Northern, snatching Indian property And the lily white scummed tanneries, pumping colors in the sea."

Example

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"The white supreme non-Indian has showed his lesson well Of how he saved the Penobscot [River], by polluting it to hell With the hoardful Great Northern, snatching Indian property And the lily white scummed tanneries, pumping colors in the sea."

Etymology

From hoard + -ful.

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