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Niggardliness 

Stingy, miserly, cheap, penny pincher, petty . This word appears unrelated to a slang term for people of African descent (nigger from the Latin -> niger -> black ) and probably comes from the Norse-> nigla -> consistently petty
Our house guest accused me of niggardliness when I got him a Busch instead of Heineken.
My niggardly grandfather only ever gave a quarter on my birthday, sans card !
Someone prone to niggardliness might count the pickles on their cheeseburger.

niggardly 

An from old Norse "hnøgger", which means "miserly", "stingy". Despite its similarity to the offensive term "nigger", the two words are not related in any way. Stop jumping to conclusions and open the dictionary.
English buff- "Boy that gentleman at the picnic sure was niggardly."

Ignoramus- "You said "picnic" and "niggerly"! Racist!"

English Buff- "*Sigh*! "Picnic" is from a French word that refers to what we'd call a pot luck, and "niggardly" is from an old Norse word that means "stingy". They have nothing to do with race!"

Ignoramus- "Racist!"

English Buff- "*Sigh*..."
niggardly by Lorelili October 3, 2007

Niggardener 

A Nigger that is also a Gardener. Most of them are haitian.
-Some cotton grew on my backyard so I had to call a Niggardener.
-The other day my Niggardener fell on the pool but he couldnt swim so he drowned.
-One time I caught my Niggardener planting some watermelons on my backyard without my permition. I had to go get the whip.
Niggardener by fokingigger09 June 8, 2023

Niggardly tip 

A poor tip; the act of giving a niggardly tip is to give a minimal, poor, low tip. Not related to the word "nigger" or black people in any way shape or form.
Server: Ugh, those black people just left me a 5% tip...

Manager: Wow, why do black people have to give such niggardly tip(s)?
Niggardly tip by Reginlief March 23, 2011

Niggardly 

Not racist at all.
It means cheap or reluctaant to give.
Tom is a niggardly person;he gave me a toothbrush on my birthday.
Niggardly by Joquandra March 3, 2011

niggardly 

You're so niggardly when it comes to buying expensive art.
niggardly by Chandlers' friend Lexy January 28, 2005
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