PENURIOUS, PENURIOUSNESS, PENURY
ADJECTIVES
► HARD penurious, close-fisted, grasping, miserly → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HAVING penurious, miserly → 1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► INHOLDING penurious, frugal, parsimonious → 1897 Sc.
► KATIN’ AND SAVIN’ of penurious habits, saving → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCUDDY penurious, not having a sufficiency → 19C Sc.
NOUNS
► HAINING penuriousness, thrift, economy → 1871 Sc.
► ORCOST penury, want of means, poverty → 1225 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CHEAP-SCREW a penurious person; a stingy, miserly person → 1899 Amer. dial.
► NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch → 1893 Eng. dial.
► NEVER-SWEAT a penurious person → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCRAPE-PENNY a penurious or avaricious person; one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums → 1584 obs.
► SCRAPPER a penurious, niggardly person → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCREW a penurious person; a stingy, miserly person → 1899 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be penurious or miserly → 1848 Ireland
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