NIGGARD, noun [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting analogies similar to those of wretch, wreck and haggle.] A miser; a person meanly close and covetous; a sordid wretch who saves every cent, or spends grudgingly. Serve him as a grudging master, As a penurious niggard of his wealth. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. NIGGARD, adjective 1. Miserly; meanly covetous; sordidly parsimonious. 2. Sparing; wary. Most free of question , but to our demands niggard in his reply. NIGGARD, verb transitive To stint; to supply sparingly. [Little used.]
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