Niggardliness
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Niggardliness  
 

The word Niggardliness proceeding forth from Bill's mouth is defined as:

Niggardliness: (Adj.) (1) Grudging and petty in giving or spending (2) Meanly small; scanty or meager: 'left the waiter a niggardly tip'. Note from Wikipedia: "In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word 'niggardly,' an adjective meaning 'stingy' or 'miserly,' due to its phonetic similarity to the racial slur 'nigger.' However, the two words are etymologically unrelated."

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Source(s) used for the word "Niggardliness":

  1.  http://www.thefreedictionary.com/niggardliness


Bill has mentioned the word "Niggardliness" 1 time*, on the following show date:

2017-Dec-13 (Wed)

*Since 2010-Mar-11

 

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