muckworm
21skinflint — n miser, niggard, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinch penny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Harpagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
22stiff — adj 1. rigid, firm, unpliable, inflexible, unmalleable, unbending, unyielding, resistant; impervious, impenetrable, impregnable, repelling, unassailable, rugged; brittle, crisp, dried out, Inf. stiff as a board. 2.(all of a person or animal)… …
23tightwad — n Informal. miser, niggard, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Har pagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
24CUMBERLAND, RICHARD° — (1732–1811), English playwright and novelist who tried to reverse the image of the Jew created by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. Educated at Cambridge, Cumberland began writing plays around 1759. His first stage Jew was Naphtali in The… …