Niggarding

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of niggard form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding."

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churlscroogeskinflintamassamoundcarl

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"Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament And only herald to the gaudy spring, Within thine own bud buriest thy content And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding."

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