karg

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Definitions

  • adj. Stingy.

  • v. To be stingy.

Example Sentences

  • People tend to spend money on mitzvos that come a few times a year, for example lulav and esrog, but mitzvos that we do every single day, we tend to 'karg'." (source)

  • "I sent my son to camp and the food was far from plenty, really karg, but they sold food in the canteen for really expensive." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קאַרג karg

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      carg

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