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miser

noun as in person who hoards money, possessions

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Pansy is such a miser that, for a moment, you wonder if she’ll be visited by three spirits.

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Dressed in ragged clothes, the Gloucester miser also chose to shun public transport to save his precious pennies.

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A new four-episode podcast aims to show how Ebenezer Scrooge became the miserable miser of the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol,” focusing on themes of redemption, mercy, grace and compassion.

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Join Tiny Tim, the Christmas Ghosts and everyone’s favorite miser in the stage adaption of Charles Dickens’ classic Yuletide tale, proudly returning to ACT Theatre for its 47th year.

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His dad, a “mouse-like miser of a man,” makes only short visits.

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