Penury - Word of the Day - Fri Nov 27, 2020
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QuotePenury - (noun) - 1. a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money); especially: severe poverty; 2: extreme and often stingy frugality
QuoteThe character Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ran his business in such penury that he would heat the office with only a single chunk of coal.
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