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mingy, a. colloq.|ˈmɪndʒɪ|
Also † mingee.
[Perh. f. mean a.1 + stingy a., or a blend of mangy a. and stingy a.]
Mean, stingy, niggardly; disappointingly small.
1911J. W. Horsley I Remember xi. 254 ‘Mingee’ for greedy. 1912R. Brooke Let. May (1968) 382, I called you a mingy and coprologous Oxford poetaster. 1918W. Owen Let. 19 Aug. (1967) 569, I rushed off a note in time for this evening's post, which may seem very mingy. 1926C. Beaton Diary in Wandering Yrs. (1961) vii. 148 A mingy little tray he had picked up from heaven-knows-where. 1930E. V. Lucas Down Sky 223 It's dear, but we are not going to be mingy. 1940[see clip n.1 2 e]. 1972Guardian 30 Aug. 9/5 The opening for filling steam irons with distilled water is usually mingy, and the thing overflows.
Comb.1959Times 28 Dec. 3/1 Both..were determined..not to let the mingy-minded weather spoil the jubilee match. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 68 Mingy-arsed bastard, a miserly person.
Hence as n., a mean person. rare.
1939M. Egan To Love & Cherish ii. 48 Don't be a mingy, father; they only cost a shilling. |