n
undesirable and demeaning work
n
(Cockney rhyming slang) skint
n
(Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
n
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) Inferior substitute, unsatisfactory compromise, or ersatz.
adj
Covetous; penurious; stingy
adj
(film, literature) Enjoyably schlocky, poor in quality but nonetheless compelling.
adj
(obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
n
A good which is hoarded.
adv
In a hoarding or miserly manner.
adj
Of poor quality; inferior.
adj
(chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
adj
(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.
adj
(colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
adj
(obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
adj
(informal, derogatory) Greedy and avaricious; greatly desiring money and seeking to obtain it using any means.
adj
(Singapore) stingy; miserly
adj
Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.
n
(obsolete) Niggardliness.
n
(obsolete) Niggard, miser.
n
(informal) Very little space (available) (of a very small room).
n
(Victorian slang) money; ready money.
n
(archaic) A stingy person; a miser.
n
A pinching miser; a niggard.
adv
In a scrimping or miserly manner.
n
A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
adj
Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.
adj
(dated) ambitious by reason of newly-acquired wealth; nouveau riche
v
(intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
n
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
n
(derogatory) One who partakes in slacktivism.
v
(obsolete) To save in a miserly manner; to hoard.
adj
Characterised or marked by squandering; wasteful
adj
(in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
adj
Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
n
(obsolete) Alternative form of stroygood [(obsolete) A wasteful person.]
n
(obsolete) A wasteful person.
adj
(slang, figuratively, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
adj
(slang, simile) Unwilling to spend money.
n
(slang, mildly vulgar) Someone who is stingy, or who is tight with money.
adj
(informal) stingy with money
n
(set phrase) A man known for his physical and/or emotional strength.
n
I'm your typical trustafarian, I'm afraid: spoilt little rich kid living the dream off his inheritance.
n
Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
n
Obsolete form of wastrel. [(countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.]
n
(countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
n
(Scotland, Northern England) Extravagance, wastefulness.
adj
(derogatory, dated) Of or concerning irresponsible banks or banking, (particularly) small, independent operations.
v
(Australia, idiomatic) To be frugal or miserly.
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