penurious
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Even so, the general picture of a mother’s absence and a daughter’s understandable resentment at having had to pick up the maternal slack in penurious conditions comes through loud and clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024
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
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
In character he was a saving, penurious creature, without one single sympathy outside his own immediate interests.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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