Definition: not generous; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending Characters in Literature and Culture: Ebenezer Scrooge, the Grinch, Mr. Burns (the Simpsons) Common Portrayals: business owners, factory foremen, the elderly, bankers, feudal landowners, eccentrics Clichés to Avoid: the crackpot miser with money stuffed in his mattress and buried in the backyard, the skinflint boss who […]