Definitions
a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
Word origin
From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).
Used in a sentence
“Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.”
“[…] a poore virgin ſir, an il-fauor’d thing ſir, but mine owne, a poore humour of mine ſir, to take that that no man elſe will: rich honeſtie dwels like a miſer ſir, in a poore houſe, as your Pearle in your foule oyſter.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Penny-pincher”5 letters
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