mingy

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of mean + stingy.

adj

  1. (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy.
    After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes. 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 298
    Now all that, in its mingy way, is logical enough. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 413

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