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penuriousness



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As I’ve pointed out before, accounts of the penuriousness of life on such an income invariably involve financial legerdemain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

At Ryanair headquarters, he cultivated a reputation for penuriousness, banning cover sheets on faxes and requiring employees to buy their own pens.

From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 2, 2010

For all his penuriousness, Russell does not hesitate to spend for new plant and equipment.

From Time Magazine Archive

It went on to become a symbol of penuriousness.

From Time Magazine Archive

True, they often degenerated into penuriousness and labor that was early and late—so severe, indeed, it cost many a life; and the people who came after reaped the benefit.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas


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