miser
noun
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
misers
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pluralof miser.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Jon Clinch has revived the life behind the famous ghost in a prequel that fleshes out the early relationship between the two old misers in “A Christmas Carol.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2019
Fuel misers will choose the 20d, a 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel that the Environmental Protection Agency rates at an average of 36 miles per gallon.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2017
How do we prepare them for a world where people are proud to be stupid misers who adhere to no moral code?
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2017
"The members of the alliance have become absolute misers in terms of our water use," Fredman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2015
I expect, like all misers, Peter wanted to hide things about the old house and didn’t want to be watched.
From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Grace Brooks Hill
