mingy

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɪndʒi/

Adjective

mingy (comparative mingier, superlative mingiest)

1. (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 298:

     After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes.

   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 413:

     Now all that, in its mingy way, is logical enough.

Synonyms

• niggardly

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