What does niggardry mean?
Niggardry means (obsolete) Niggardliness..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) Niggardliness..
At least it was from no niggardry that the door was made thus low, as might be seen by the fair and manifold carving of knots and dragons that was wrought above the lintel of the door for some three foot's space.
Such a doctrine would be orthodox and proper to the great creative ages: which we might hurry back, indeed, by a return to generous conceptions, casting off the niggardry of current theories.
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Niggardry means (obsolete) Niggardliness..
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At least it was from no niggardry that the door was made thus low, as might be seen by the fair and manifold carving of knots and dragons that was wrought above the lintel of the door for some three foot's space.
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