stingen.
/ˈstɪndʒ/ A stingy person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person
nithinga1225
chinch?a1300
nigc1300
chincher1333
shut-purse1340
niggardc1384
haynec1386
nigona1400
pinchera1425
pinchpenny?c1425
pynepenya1450
pelt1511
chincherda1529
churl1535
pinchbeck1538
carl?1542
penny-father1549
nipfarthing1566
nipper?1573
holdfast1576
pinchpence1577
pinch fistc1580
pinchfart1592
shit-sticks1598
clunchfist1606
puckfist1606
sharp-nose1611
spare-good1611
crib1622
hog grubber?1626
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
1914 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions xxi. 185 Accustomed to tribute tendered with a lavish hand, Arabella decided that this must be a ‘proper stinge’.
1937 Boy's Own Paper 3 Dec. 143/1 The barber can't stand stinges.
1977 C. 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.’
Derivatives
stinge v. rare intransitive to behave in a stingy manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly or mean [verb (intransitive)]
spare1377
to lick one's knifec1400
chincha1425
pincha1425
stick1533
nig1559
to make pottage of a flintc1576
niggard1596
wretcha1598
niggardize1606
wire-draw1616
screw1820
skincha1825
scrimp1848
stinge1937
to pinch pennies (also a penny)1942
penny-pinch1945
1937 V. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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