He is so stingy, he would not give a dollar to his own mother. From LearnThat.org.
She practices economy without being stingy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The correct spelling of the word for stingy is tacaño. From Wordnik.com. [Some Things I'll Never Learn (about living in Mexico)] Reference
A man cannot bear to be called stingy or disobliging. From Wordnik.com. [Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before] Reference
I hope you are not being stingy, which is the antithesis of an autumnal attitude. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: An Equinox Prescription for Love, This Autumn] Reference
O'BRIEN: If not "stingy," what word would you use?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2005] Reference
I don't know why the 'stingy' brims are so popular. From Wordnik.com. [Hat Craze] Reference
Bushies a little testy about being labelled "stingy". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-01] Reference
U.N.'s Jan Egeland never called U.S. "stingy" after all. From Wordnik.com. [Hmmm ... U.N.'s Jan Egeland never called U.S. "stingy" after all.] Reference
Canadian Cynic: Bushies a little testy about being labelled "stingy". From Wordnik.com. [Bushies a little testy about being labelled "stingy".] Reference
Likewise, Berlin thinks it needs to bribe "stingy" banks to make them do their job. From Wordnik.com. [Cash for Flunkers] Reference
In the just-expired scheme, the government bribed "stingy" consumers into buying new cars. From Wordnik.com. [Cash for Flunkers] Reference
There's enough pain in the world, who wants to cause more when "stingy" will do just fine?. From Wordnik.com. [Brown Bag of Pain] Reference
The New York Times editorialized yesterday that American aid offers were "stingy" and "miserly.". From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
What did you exactly mean, going back to that "stingy" comment, because it did cause somewhat of a stir?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2005] Reference
The fund's self-avowed "stingy" management believes the recent market turmoil is at last throwing out some good values. From Wordnik.com. [Third Avenue International Reopens Doors] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mr. Egeland, you used the word "stingy" earlier this week to describe the response of donor countries. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2005] Reference
She said election officials have been "stingy" in the past about sharing that information with lawyers and watchdog groups. From Wordnik.com. [Watchdogs Spot E-Vote Glitches] Reference
I've often received criticism for the "stingy" way I live. From Wordnik.com. [Ochuk's blog] Reference
Former US President Jimmy Carter describes the US as "stingy". From Wordnik.com. [Global Issues News Headlines] Reference
Even three years means making something, with my 'stingy' habits. From Wordnik.com. [The Laurel Bush] Reference
HE thought it meant "stingy," just because the dictionary said so!. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Robert Fisk: Gulf War legacy flares as 'stingy' Kuwait puts the squeeze on Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
U.N. bureaucrats accuse the U.S. of being "stingy" in its handouts to underdeveloped countries. From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Perhaps 'stingy' isn't the word for these tips, but I won't argue that it will save a little money!. From Wordnik.com. [Fool.co.uk - Headlines] Reference
Page 75 of others, and used to say, she never felt "stingy," only when she was procuring something for herself. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir of Mrs. Chloe Spear : a native of Africa, who was enslaved in childhood, and died in Boston, January 3, 1815, aged 65 years : by a Lady of Boston,] Reference
At school, I quickly learned that to "save money" was to be "stingy"; as a young man, I soon found that the American disliked the word. From Wordnik.com. [A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After] Reference
I really do, "he said of their" stingy "descriptor. From Wordnik.com. ['Gang Of Six' Moving Goal Posts On Health Care Costs] Reference
"Evolution is conservative and stingy," Marcus tells NEWSWEEK. From Wordnik.com. [Faulty Powers] Reference
The others are just as stingy on horsepower as they are on gas. From Wordnik.com. [OFFICER, IT'S A HYBRID] Reference
"The bottom line: The West has been stingy," the Journal concludes. From Wordnik.com. [Not-So-Smart Intelligence] Reference
Then, as if he's afraid he's sounded stingy, he says, "" Frankie has the gift. From Wordnik.com. [From 'Ashes' To Stardom] Reference
But scientists complain it has been very stingy with data to support its claim. From Wordnik.com. [A Half Century Of Nuclear Blasts] Reference
Make sure you use an SPF of 30 or more and don't be stingy with your application. From Wordnik.com. [Health Update: Can Your Medicine Give You A Sunburn?] Reference
"People think we are stingy with money and the truth is that we have to be careful with money.". From Wordnik.com. [Fall Of The Royal Fortune] Reference
(Bochco rejected Tisch's stingy production offer, further alienating Paley from the new chairman.). From Wordnik.com. [In The Eye Of The Tv Storms] Reference
Along with others, Batouti protested that the airline's life-insurance policy for pilots was stingy. From Wordnik.com. ['I Put My Trust In God'] Reference
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