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Definition
of a person: excessively disinclined to part with money
of an amount: less than is appropriate
of an amount: less than is appropriate
- Thou art always prating to me, Starbuck, about those miserly owners, as if the owners were my conscience.Chapters 109-111 — Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin; Queequeg in his Coffin; The Pacific (13% in)
There are no more uses of "miserly" in Moby Dick.
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