niggardship en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English nigardshipe, nygartship, negardship, nygardschip, nygardschippe, equivalent to niggard + -ship.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Niggardliness; stinginess.
much pinching and niggardship of meat and drink is to be discommended
1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC: