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niggard

C2 noun

niggard [ˈnɪɡɚd] nghĩa là kẻ keo kiệt, người bủn xỉn

Các nghĩa

  1. kẻ keo kiệt, người bủn xỉn

    A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.

    Then beautious nigard why dooſt thou abuſe / The bountious largeſſe giuen thee to giue?

    ‘No niggard are you, Éomer,’ said Aragorn, ‘to give thus to Gondor the fairest thing in your realm!’

  2. đáy giả trong lò sưởi (để tiết kiệm nhiên liệu)

    A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.

    Neither this nor the Brompton house have a kitchen-range (that is, Grate like the Miles's), but only a grate with moveable niggards etc.

    A niggard was a movable side to the kitchen grate which could be wound up with a handle so as to make the fire […]

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