He was a miserable miser who made his wife so wretched by his niggardly ways that she was a ready prey for any adventurer. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A niggardly tip. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a niggardly tip to a waiter. From Dictionary.com.
A climate where the word niggardly is dangerous to your employment prospects. From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Mercer, who resigned today...] Reference
A city councilman lost his job because he used the word niggardly in a report. From Wordnik.com. [Eastwood thinks political correctness has made society humourless] Reference
It's like the word "niggardly" -- it sounds racist, and it looks racist, but (historically, at least) it's not. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
He has discouraged me from using the word niggardly in polite conversation because of its similarity to another N word. From Wordnik.com. [Word Court] Reference
Randy, how dare you write the word "niggardly" on my blog!. From Wordnik.com. [Congress Considering Marriage Ban] Reference
That guy who had to resign for using the word "niggardly" might complain. From Wordnik.com. [Lie.] Reference
I can only hope KTRH 740 starts getting "niggardly" listeners from Houston. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference
But even daft examples like 'niggardly' or 'herstory' succeed in raising consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
(Remember the guy who was pilloried by the grievance industry for using the word "niggardly"?). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
There was a similar dust-up here in America just last year over the use of the word "niggardly". From Wordnik.com. [Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject?] Reference
Like "niggardly," "Aunt Jemima" is merely a misinterpreted comment, calling for faux, PC outrage. From Wordnik.com. ["Ifill Awful?"] Reference
Can't wait until the republicans call Obama's stance on more funding for the military as "niggardly". From Wordnik.com. [Live-blogging night 4 of the Republican Convention.] Reference
"Can't wait until the republicans call Obama's stance on more funding for the military as 'niggardly'". From Wordnik.com. [Live-blogging night 4 of the Republican Convention.] Reference
But in the States you can lose your job without using n- or c-words - for describing a budget allocation as 'niggardly'. From Wordnik.com. [Big Ron] Reference
But in the States you can lose your job without using n - or c-words - for describing a budget allocation as 'niggardly'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-25] Reference
I was going to call this post 'Let that boy bloggie-woggie', but changed it after reading about the guy who said 'niggardly'. From Wordnik.com. [On Liberty and Liberals] Reference
(I was going to call this post 'Let that boy bloggie-woggie', but changed it after reading about the guy who said 'niggardly'). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-11] Reference
Washington after describing the city budget as "niggardly". From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
Remember the story a few years ago about the word 'niggardly'?. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The word "niggardly" has pure roots in Middle English, but would you use it in a sentence?. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Very civil people, apparently, and living in a kind of niggardly thrift, such as the cold land affords. From Wordnik.com. [Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing] Reference
By all signs and tokens, making ready for another turn; she was not what you’d call niggardly at bearing. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
A few years ago a man was fired because he complained that city finances were "niggardly" for a certain area of spending. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
A few years ago a white aid to the Mayor of Washington DC had to resign for using the word "niggardly" during a budget meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Brain-Terminal.com Full Feed] Reference
(You know, I almost didn't use the word "niggardly". From Wordnik.com. [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference
"niggardly" while talking about budgetary matters with some colleagues. From Wordnik.com. [Winning the Cultural War] Reference
"niggardly". negating the niggling niggardly naysaying of no-good race-baiting ninnies. From Wordnik.com. [Knowledge is Power] Reference
Out of these he was going to take one niggardly hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
"I didn't think the Giants were so niggardly," he remarked, with a touch of contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
For long years I saw in my grandfather only a coarse, violent old man, niggardly and censorious. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
We ought not therefore to be niggardly in our praise and honour of an enemy that deserves a good name. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The final straw seemed to come in mid-January, the same weekend the "" niggardly '' rumor began circulating. From Wordnik.com. [The Slur That Wasn't] Reference
Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Those who survive malaria must still scratch a living out of niggardly soil and then somehow get their goods to market. From Wordnik.com. [Under Construction] Reference
We multiply treasures which bring us little profit, and we are niggardly where treasure would be of most gracious service. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Where nature is niggardly, as in many hunting districts, the labor of all the population is required to meet the demands of subsistence. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
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