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Definition of Stingier
1. stingy [adj] - See also: stingy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stingier
Literary usage of Stingier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"stingier and stingier ever since you brought the good news." George tried to
smile, but the effort was unsuccessful; he looked half-vexed and half-ashamed. ..."
2. Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland (1899)
"An' then it seems as if he gets stingier 'n' stingier every year. I ain't had a
new dress in — I d'—know-how—long. He says it's all nonsense, an' mother's ..."
3. Modern English Prose by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1904)
"An' then it seems as if he gets stingier 'n' stingier every year. I ain't had a
new dress in — I d'-know-how-long. He says it's all nonsense, an' mother's ..."
4. Modern English Prose by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1908)
"An' then it seems as if he gets stingier 'n' stingier every year. I ain't had a
new dress in — I d'-know-how-long. He says it's all nonsense, an' mother's ..."
5. Modern English Prose edited by George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster (1904)
"An' then it seems as if he gets stingier 'n' stingier every year. I ain't had a
new dress in — I d'-know-how-long. He says it's all nonsense, an' mother's ..."
6. Class War in America: How Economic and Political Conservatives are by Charles M. Kelly (2000)
"... employers may be stingier with raises for others— And when given a choice,
workers prefer job security to bigger paychecks.1 Again, in the Journals view ..."
7. The Great Limbaugh Con: And Other Right-Wing Assaults on Common Sense by Charles M. Kelly (1994)
"Internal Revenue Service data showed that the very rich became stingier as the '80s
progressed. As the highest marginal tax rate plummeted from 70 percent ..."
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