English abbreviation dictionary - miser
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Miser
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1.
~ n someone who hates spending money and likes saving it (A typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(misers) If you say that someone is a miser, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible. I’m married to a miser. = skinflint N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Latin ~ ~able Date: circa 1560 a mean grasping person; especially one who is extremely stingy with money ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a person who hoards wealth and lives miserably. 2 an avaricious person. Etymology: L, = wretched ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. скупой, скупец, скряга 2. уст. несчастный человек, бедняга 3. горн. буровая ложка, ложечный бур ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1542, from L. miser "unhappy, wretched." Meaning of "money-hoarding person" first recorded c.1560, from presumed unhappiness of such people. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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