penurious

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There his followers learn about his penurious childhood and his own children's lives.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

China is increasingly likely to grow old before it gets rich, consigning hundreds of millions of Chinese to a penurious and often lonely old age.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2023

The parsimonious and the penurious pinch a penny till Honest Abe says, “Hey, quit it!” in the unscripted series “So Freakin Cheap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2021

As three penurious gold prospectors, and Lloyd a conservative party activist, the 1910 climbers cherished their departed Republican, William McKinley.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018

Who does not know men so penurious of minutes, so everlastingly preoccupied, that they seldom spend an hour to any good purpose,—confirming the paradox of Jesus, "He that loveth his life shall lose it"?

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford