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stinge|ˈstɪndʒ| [Back-formation from stingy a.] A stingy person. Hence as v. intr. (rare), to behave in a stingy manner.
1914‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xxi. 185 Accustomed to tribute tendered with a lavish hand, Arabella decided that this must be a ‘proper stinge’. 1937Boy's Own Paper 3 Dec. 143/1 The barber can't stand stinges. 1937V. Sackville-West Pepita ii. iii. 205, I couldn't see why a person ready to spend hundreds of pounds should be equally ready to stinge over a stamp or a ball of string. 1977C. Boylan in D. Marcus Best Irish Short Stories II. 113 Elizabeth had got herself a job. ‘Well, I had to... My, Morgan has become a stinge.’ |