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Parsimonious :: Parsimonious (a.) Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together..

Mean :: Mean (superl.) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality..

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Hidebound :: Hidebound (a.) Niggardly; penurious.

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.

Skinflint :: Skinflint (n.) A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

Penury :: Penury (n.) Penuriousness; miserliness.

Scantly :: Scantly (adv.) In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.

Scarcely :: Scarcely (adv.) Frugally; penuriously.

Living :: Living (n.) Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living..

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.

Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

Scrub :: Scrub (v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living..

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

Chincherie :: Chincherie (n.) Penuriousness.

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