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A miserly duck, a vampire and pair of precocious kids are among the richest fictional characters, according to a ranking by Forbes.

Sheer necessity had made the poor girl so miserly that Gtandet had come to feel the affection for her a man feels for his dog.

However, there is no doubt that this is there is a grid of flowers, will never be vulgar, and never so miserly toward the heart and life.

It sums up the company well: an electronics manufacturer of formidable scope, but traditional and with a miserly eye on costs.

Ms. Li teased her mother about her miserly ways, pointing out that her last clothing purchase was a decade ago.

As he was a miserly person. He thought he would find out what he would have to pay his doctor.

Harry Truman used the same communist threat to get his way with a miserly Congress.

Her way of life was mean and miserly, but she did not know it.

Each panellist who has agreed to have their Internet grazing habits monitored will be paid a seemingly miserly fee of $50 a year.

only loves money, miserly My boss is super greedy. He never lends his dough to anyone.

Arguments about stimulus generate much more heat than light; even apparently miserly Germany has committed to a large stimulus programme.

To none is she altogether miserly; but she has her favourites, on whom she squanders much, and for whom she makes great sacrifices.

Gratuity can be a tricky business: What's just right in one country can be miserly or extravagant in another.

Even before the recession GDP was barely crawling along, with growth averaging a miserly 0. 7% a year over the past decade (see chart).

Libra's tastes are expensive. Virgo is careful, not to say miserly.

It would turn the government into a miserly provider of pensions and health insurance.

If it's miserly to count one's blessings, Brewster Ashenden's a miser.

"The pincher, " was his thought; "too miserly to burn two cents' worth of gas and save his boarders' necks. "

It is only when it believes something to be rare that the mind ceases to be miserly in assigning values.

The son subverts his father's miserly way of life and consumption and his selfish and domineering father image.

If the boss's golden parachute is too miserly, he may block a deal that would benefit shareholders.

So, how to save money without scrimping, be thrifty without feeling miserly -- and maintain those habits after our economy picks up speed?

And the US is second from last, described as "miserly" in its aid to developing world farmers.

"He was a miserly wretch who grudged us food to eat, and clothes to wear" (Charles Dickens).

Pessimistic Fatalistic Miserly and Grudging.

In the past decade its firms have modernised and their workers have accepted miserly pay rises, boosting their competitiveness.

Miserly players can still participate in the game and pay indirectly by being exposed to advertising.

European operators are still feeling miserly, in spite of the growing wave of smartphone-driven data traffic set to jam up their networks.

China's official definition of poverty has traditionally been quite miserly.

Now, my uncle seemed so miserly that I was struck dumb by this sudden generosity.

The yield was miserly yet there were more than four times as many bids as there were bonds for sale.

a miserly gentleman stalked right past the doorman without tipping him.

Oil firms balked at the miserly terms Iraq was offering for other fields.

By calling him Shylock, I don't mean that he is named Shylock, but that he is as miserly as Shylock.

The illicit copy cost about five pence - less even than my miserly royalty.

The risk is that tight planning laws, miserly banks and skill shortages will limit growth and offset any benefit from a weaker pound.

And in these earlier studies, people often used their money to punish the richest and most miserly players.

"A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover. " - Clifton Fadiman.

An iron rooster in Chinese means miserly.

miserly father makes a prodigal son.

B miserly father makes a prodigal son.

He's miserly cheap. He's so stingy.

He is more miserly than economical.

On the other hand, a standard workstation is roughly three times as fast as the miserly little Mini-Box.

Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness.

We think we love deeply, actually we are miserly. If the ten years is of the youth, how many people will be willing?

the greatest part of his life having been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father;

a man. who animadverts on miserly patients, egocentric doctors, psychoanalysis and Lucky Luciano with evenhanded fervor(Irwin Faust)

At the meeting, put forward various proposals about miserly sales

the girl A will fantasy and future expected to her husband that none miserly pay wife;

a miserly landlord's beggarly treatment of an indigent tenant

if love coming, don't treat your love in a miserly manner;