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miser | jewlike |

As a noun miser

is maize.

As an adjective jewlike is

resembling a jew or some aspect of one, especially (derogatory) the stereotype of a profiteering miser.

miser

English

(wikipedia miser)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
    • was a stereotypical miser , he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

    Synonyms

    * cheapskate * scrooge * skinflint * See

    Antonyms

    * spendthrift

    Derived terms

    * miserly

    See also

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    External links

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    Anagrams

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    jewlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a Jew or some aspect of one, especially (derogatory) the stereotype of a profiteering miser.
  • * 1838 , John Steuart, Bogotá in 1836-7
    • His charges are ten dollars for best Wellington boots; there are a number of native workmen, who sell, Jewlike , for just such prices as they can...
  • * 1906 , Frederic Jesup Stimson, In Cure of Her Soul
    • Markoff, it appeared, said Radnor, "nosing around, Jewlike , to find some stuff that people would buy," had discovered, in London, a thirst for brewing...
  • * 1996 , Howard L Malchow, Gothic images of race in nineteenth-century Britain
    • Jewlike , the Jesuits have insinuated themselves into every level of society.