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121cheapskate — /cheep skayt /, n., v., cheapskated, cheapskating. Informal. n. 1. a person who is stingy and miserly. v.i. 2. to act in a stingy or miserly way. [1895 1900, Amer.; CHEAP + SKATE3] * * * …
122close — closable, closeable /kloh zeuh beuhl/, adj. closely /klohs lee/, adv. closeness /klohs nis/, n. v. /klohz/; adj., adv. /klohs/ or, for 56, /klohz/; n. /klohz/ for 66, 67, 70 72, 74, 75, /klohs/ for 68, 69, 73, v., closed …
123manini — /meuh nee nee/, adj. Hawaii. 1. small; insignificant. 2. stingy. [ < Hawaiian (slang): stingy] * * * …
124miserly — miserliness, n. /muy zeuhr lee/, adj. of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly. [1585 95; MISER + LY] Syn. cheap, parsimonious. See stingy. Ant. generous. * * * …
125near — nearness, n. /near/, adv., nearer, nearest, adj., nearer, nearest, prep., v. adv. 1. close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won t have to shout. 2. at …
126parsimonious — parsimoniously, adv. parsimoniousness, n. /pahr seuh moh nee euhs/, adj. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. [1590 1600; PARSIMON(Y) + IOUS] Syn. tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious,… …
127Benny, Jack — orig. Benjamin Kubelsky born Feb. 14, 1894, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 27, 1974, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. comedian. He took up the violin as a boy and played it in vaudeville from 1912. After discovering a talent for comedy while in the navy …
128Egeland, Jan — ▪ 2007 When fighting between the Israelis and Hezbollah erupted in July 2006, it was yet another test for the diplomatic skills of Jan Egeland, undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator of the United… …
