Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A miser who denies himself proper raiment.
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Examples
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(It was solid gold, no pinchback, but the rael yaller stuff, jist fresh from King's shop to Paris, where his money is made), and sais he, 'Mr. Yankee, will you accept that to remember the Prince de Joinville and his horse by?'
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 02 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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(It was solid gold, no pinchback, but the rael yaller stuff, jist fresh from King's shop to Paris, where his money is made), and sais he, 'Mr. Yankee, will you accept that to remember the Prince de Joinville and his horse by?'
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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