01 a. Stinging; able to sting.
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Stinging; able to sting.
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Webster, 1913
Stingy
02 a. Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
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Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.“A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten.” — L'estrange.