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penurious

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Not observing that the President Rose, who was very penurious, had put his money in the hat, he presented it to him a second time.

There are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.

No; but even in the most penurious times it was kings who were the patrons.

If one were ever penurious, might it not be of these handsome loaves of hers?

One would suppose that such a mother would have every want supplied, even by a penurious son.

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On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to penurious, such as: avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close-fisted, costive, and curmudgeonly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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