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min⋅gy

  [min-jee]
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–adjective, -gi⋅er, -gi⋅est.
mean and stingy; niggardly.
Origin:
1885–90; m(ean 2 ) + ( st)ingy 1
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min·gy   (mĭn'jē)   
adj.   min·gi·er, min·gi·est Informal

  1. Small in quantity; meager: mingy wages.

  2. Mean and stingy.


[Perhaps from m(ean)2 + (st)ingy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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mingy [ˈmɪndʒi]

  1. mod. mean
    and stingy. : Why can't you borrow it? I'm just mingy, that's all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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