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niggards

niggards is the plural of niggard.

niggards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of niggard.

Meaning of niggard

Noun

niggard (plural niggards)

  1. A miser or stingy person; a skinflint.
    • Then beautious nigard why dooſt thou abuſe / The bountious largeſſe giuen thee to giue?1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 4”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, lines 5–6
  2. A false bottom in a grate, used for saving fuel.
    • It was evening: he ordered a fire and lights; and, leaning his face on his hand as he contemplated the fitful and dusky upbreakings of the flame through the bars of the niggard and contracted grate […]1833, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Godolphin

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Questions about niggards

What is niggards the plural of?
Niggards is the plural of niggard.

Words near niggards in the dictionary

  1. niggardlinesses
  2. niggardly
  3. niggardness
  4. niggardous
  5. niggardry
  6. niggards
  7. niggardship
  8. niggardy
  9. niggas
  10. niggatown
  11. niggatowns

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