What is one who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope called?
muckworm — One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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