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stingy

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stingy /ˈstɪn(d)ʒi/

▶adjective (stingier, stingiest) informal mean; ungenerous.

– derivatives
stingily adverb,
stinginess noun.

– origin C17: perh. a dial. var. of sting + -y1.

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