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Parsimony 極度の倹約 けち Time Bulldozing Grocer Vegetable Man

Lemma parsimony
Rank 13263
Frequency 65
Japanese 極度の倹約
Commentary 極度の倹約. けち
Example(eng) at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied.
Example(Jpn) 乾物屋や八百屋や肉屋に無理矢理まけさせたので、しまいに、こんなに値切るなんてという無言の非難で頬が赤くなるほどでした。
Source O. Henry『賢者の贈り物』

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