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  • 51Penuriously — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… …

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  • 52Penuriousness — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… …

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  • 53Alexander Pushkin — Infobox Writer name = Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin caption = Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin birthdate = birth date|1799|6|6|mf=y birthplace = Moscow, Russian Empire deathdate = death date and age|1837|2|10|1799|6|6|mf=y deathplace = Saint… …

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  • 54Tip — A tip (also called a gratuity) is a payment made to certain service sector workers in addition to the advertised price of the transaction. The amount of a tip is typically calculated as a percentage of the transaction value before applicable… …

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  • 55Scrooge — is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, the selfish and miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol . Scrooge has since come into general usage as a term for any person who is stingy, antisocial, or lacking in Christmas… …

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  • 56Purandara Dasa — Infobox musical artist Name = Purandara Dasa Img capt = Father of Carnatic Music Img size = Background = solo singer Birth name = Srinivasa Nayaka Alias = Born = 1484 Died = 1564 Origin = flagicon|IND Kshemapura, Shivamogga, India Genre =… …

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  • 57Al-Lail — Infobox Sura Name of Surah=Al Lail Arabic name= سورة الليل Screenshot of Surah=Lunarcorona.jpg Caption= Classification=Makkan Meaning of name=The Night Other names= Sura number=92 Juz number=30 Time of revelation=Early years of prophethood Number …

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  • 58Controversies about the word "niggardly" — In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word niggardly, an adjective meaning stingy or miserly, due to its phonetic similarity to the racial slur nigger. The two words are etymologically unrelated. Contents 1… …

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  • 59Nabiki Tendo — Infobox animanga character color = lightgreen name = Nabiki Tendo series = Ranma ½ caption = Nabiki in the Anime first = Volume 1 last = creator = Rumiko Takahashi voiced by = Minami Takayama (Japanese) Angela Costain (English) Elaina Wotten… …

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  • 60Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff) — Francesca da Rimini ( ru. Франческа да Римини), Op. 25 is an opera in two acts by Sergei Rachmaninoff to a Russian libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is based on the story of Francesca da Rimini in the fifth canto of Dante s epic poem The… …

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