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niggardship

noun

niggardship

noun

Etymology From Middle English nigardshipe, nygartship, negardship, nygardschip, nygardschippe, equivalent to niggard + -ship.

1

Obsolete Niggardliness; stinginess.

  • much pinching and niggardship of meat and drink is to be discommended1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

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