Usually means: Obsessively greedy, miserly literary character.
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  1. Harpagon, harpagon: Wordnik
  2. harpagon: Wiktionary
  3. Harpagon: Dictionary.com
  4. Harpagon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Harpagon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. harpagon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Harpagon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. Harpagon: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  9. harpagon: FreeDictionary.org
  10. harpagon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Harpagon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Harpagon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (harpagon)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A grappling hook.

Similar:
harpax, harpago, harping iron, harpoon, harpe, cat-harpin, harp, harpstring, harper, harpress, more...

Types:
miser, scrooge, penny-pincher, cheapskate, tightwad, skinflint, more...

Adjectives:
old, miserly, young, miserable, feeble, poor, sensual, conceive, sordid

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Similar:
harpax, harpago, harping iron, harpoon, harpe, cat-harpin, harp, harpstring, harper, harpress, more...

Types:
miser, scrooge, penny-pincher, cheapskate, tightwad, skinflint, more...

Adjectives:
old, miserly, young, miserable, feeble, poor, sensual, conceive, sordid



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