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Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..

Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..

Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Desirous :: Desirous (n.) Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.

Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..

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