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单词 chincherd
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chincherdn.

Forms: Middle English chyncherde, 1900s chincherd.
Origin: EIther formed within English, by derivation. Or a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: chinch adj., chinch v., chincher n., English -erd , -ard suffix.
Etymology: Either (i) < chinch adj. or chinch v. + -erd, early modern variant of -ard suffix, or (ii) an alteration of chincher n., after -erd. Compare Middle French chichart (1534; French chichard , now only regional (Maine)). Compare earlier chinch n.1
Obsolete. rare.
A mean or miserly person; a skinflint.Quot. 1926 is apparently an isolated literary archaism.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person
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pinch fistc1580
pinchfart1592
shit-sticks1598
clunchfist1606
puckfist1606
sharp-nose1611
spare-good1611
crib1622
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dry-fist1633
clusterfist1652
niggardling1654
frummer1659
scrat1699
sting-hum1699
nipcheese1785
pincha1825
screw1825
wire-drawer1828
close-fist1861
penny-pincher1875
nip-skin1876
parer1887
pinch-plum1892
cheapskate1899
meanie1902
tightwad1906
stinge1914
penny-peeler1925
mean1938
stiff1967
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Hi Not all the nygarde nor the chyncherde to play.
1926 C. Mackenzie Fairy Gold xxxiv. 417 But if I'm in default with my payments I shall be put in a difficult position, because if I have to take advantage of his leniency—well, he's the kind of chincherd who'll charge as much for that as everything else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).
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