OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15084

stingy

/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agarrado • amarrado • amarrete • cicatero • mesquino (desus.) • mezquino • pesetero • pilinque • pilinqui • pilishne • roñoso • rácano • tacaño • ticuiche
Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
"Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
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