miser
/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/ noun C2- A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. · Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.
- A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
Plural misers
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## The Miser
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.
In the meantime you must make yourself contented by the consciousness of success, like the Roman miser—
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