Niggard

(noun.) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.

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• I delight to find her at fault; and were I always resident with her, I am aware she would be no niggard in thus ministering to my enjoyment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We can, in short, see why nature is prodigal in variety, though niggard in innovation. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Study had done much for her, while nature had been a niggard. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Little niggard! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He deals with no niggard hand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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