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Definition of Misers
1. miser [n] - See also: miser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misers
Literary usage of Misers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and Their Works: A Handbook by Clara Erskine Clement Waters (1901)
"Lovers, frightful old women, money-changers, misers, etc., grew under his brush
with great truthfulness. His most important work was an altar-piece in three ..."
2. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"But I am sure I never dreamt of marriage for such an ancient person as I.
SOME FRENCH misers. WE have often wondered, notwithstanding the prejudice which ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"THE PSYCHOLOGY OF misers BY CHARLES W. BURR, MD PROFESSOR OF MENTAL DISEASES,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The student searching for data ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"THE PSYCHOLOGY OF misers BY CHARLES W. BURR, MD PROFESSOR OF MENTAL DISEASES,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The student searching for data ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... Of misers' treasure by an outlaw's den, And tell me it is safe ; as bid-me
hope Danger will let * helpless maiden pass Ur.injur'd in this wild, ..."
6. The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of edited by Alexander Whitelaw (1835)
"THE story and fate of the two misers of Antwerp are now nearly forgotten; a
tradition rather than a true history. Even the celebrated picture which ..."
7. A Century of Anecdote from 1760-1860 by John Timbs (1864)
"ANECDOTES OF misers. THE moralists have dealt fairly with the Miser : if ...
"Plum Turner" and "Vulture Hopkins," two noted misers, are immortalized in ..."
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