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penurious

[puh-noor-ee-uhs, -nyoor-] / pəˈnʊər i əs, -ˈnyʊər- /


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Penurious student at a German university, Helene was also pretty�except for her capable hands, which were always stained with chemicals from the lab.

From Time Magazine Archive

Penurious men and women, waiting to be relieved, stand grouped in the foreground.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

Penurious Savings made by getting the Poor to work cheap.

From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther

Penurious as he was, he opened and distributed his hoards.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron




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