2
hand to mouth(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
2
hard-fisted(adjective, give)
2
have-not(adjective, poor)
2
hidebound
2
homeless(adjective, poor, impoverished, needy, poverty-stricken)
2
in want(expression, adjective, flat, poor, low)
2
miser(noun, feature, character, behavior)
2
miserliness(noun, feature, character, behavior)
2
parsimony(noun, feature, character, behavior)
2
pauperized(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
provident(close, mean, frugal, economical, parsimonious)
2
skimping(adjective, close, mean, spare, careful)
2
skinflinty
2
squalid(adjective, poor)
2
starveling(noun, adjective, poor, small, boring)
2
stinting
2
underprivileged(adjective, flat, poor, low, meager)
2
wasted
1
Scotch(adjective, economical)
1
abstentious(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
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