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a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money the miser liked to sit and play with his money

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Recent Examples of miser Major storms could surface if one partner is a spendthrift and the other is a miser. Bruce Helmer and Peg Webb, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024 Death, in the form of a skeleton carrying a money bag, enters a miser’s bedroom. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024 At the same moment, an angel asks the miser to pray to God for redemption. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024 Linda Gefen, Boca Raton Punishing the homeless At the Dec. 19 Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting, Commissioner Steven Glassman played the role of the cold-hearted, nasty miser Ebenezer Scrooge with aplomb. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for miser 
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Noun
  • The Pat McAfee Show is the purest manifestation of the skinflint era of ESPN.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2024
  • So is the criticism not about his being a skinflint, but something else annoying—a fussbudget, a gadfly?
    A.E. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • But come Sunday, the tightwad could still walk away with the trophy.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Valentine’s Day plus being too much of a tightwad to buy a gift.
    Erika W. Smith, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2020
Noun
  • The hottest gift this holiday season may be the Disney Duo Bundle — especially among the cheapskates in your life.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The best choice for total cheapskates Maybe listening to a football game isn’t ideal.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024

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“Miser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miser. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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