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Dictionary Entry
Miserly; excessively cheap.
In a Sentence
“The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. penurioushabits penuriousexistence penuriouslife penuriouscircumstances penuriousman penurious
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Poetry examples for “penurious”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.