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单词 muckthrift
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muckthriftn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: muck n.1, thrift n.1
Etymology: < muck n.1 (compare sense 4 s.v.) + thrift n.1, probably after spendthrift n. (compare also earlier dingthrift n., scapethrift n., and wastethrift n.).
derogatory. Obsolete. rare.
A miserly person. Cf. muckworm n. 1a.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth
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warner1513
hardhead1519
snudge1545
cob1548
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muckmonger1566
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miser?1577
scrape-penny1584
money-miser1586
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muckscrape1589
muckworm1598
scrib1600
muckraker1601
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scrape-scall1602
incubo1607
accumulator1611
gripe-money1611
scrape-good1611
silver-hider1611
gripe1621
scrapeling1629
clutch1630
scrape-pelfa1640
volpone1672
spare-penny1707
save-all1729
bagger1740
spare-thrift1803
money-codger1818
hunger-rot1828
muckrake1850
muckthrift1852
gripe-penny1860
hugger-mugger1862
Scrooge1940
1852 D. Jerrold Wks. (1864) II. 239 The old muckthrift..was wont to familiarise his thoughts with the angel of death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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