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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
- In old-fashioned times an "independence" was hardly ever made without a little miserliness as a condition, and you would have found that quality in every provincial district, combined with characters as various as the fruits from which we can extract acid.1.12 -- Book 1 Chapter 12 -- Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home (53% in)
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