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  • 101greedy — [adj] desiring excessively acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, closefisted*, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling,… …

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  • 102mean — [adj1] ungenerous close, greedy, mercenary, mingy, miserly, niggard, parsimonious, penny pinching*, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, selfish, stingy, tight, tight fisted*; concept 334 Ant. generous, kind, unselfish mean [adj2] hostile, rude bad… …

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  • 103sparing — [adj] careful, economical avaricious, canny, chary, close, cost conscious, frugal, humane, mean, money conscious, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, stewardly, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight fisted, tolerant, ungiving, unwasteful, wary;… …

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  • 104closefisted — adjective unwilling to part with money • Syn: ↑hardfisted, ↑tightfisted • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous • Derivationally related forms: ↑tightfistedness ( …

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  • 106Kulak — Kulaks (Russian: кулак, kulak, fist , by extension tight fisted ) were a category of rich peasants in later Russian Empire, Soviet Russia and early Soviet Union. The word kulak , originally referred to independent farmers in Russian Empire, as a… …

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  • 107Lyndon B. Johnson — Infobox President name=Lyndon B. Johnson nationality=American order=36th President of the United States term start=November 22, 1963 term end=January 20, 1969 vicepresident= None (1963–1965), Hubert Humphrey (1965–1969) predecessor=John F.… …

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  • 108Fargo (film) — Fargo Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen (uncredited) Produced by …

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  • 109The Moody Blues — in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California in 2005. L R: Justin Hayward, Graeme Edge and John Lodge. Background information Origin …

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  • 110Ebenezer Scrooge — is the main character in Charles Dickens 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol . He is a cold hearted, tight fisted, selfish man, who despises Christmas and all things which engender happiness. A quote from the book reads The cold within him froze his… …

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