In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.
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Penuriousness
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Covetouſneſs is the root of penuriouſneſs and baſeneſs, it hinders hoſpitality;
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Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
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