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be niggardly
vs
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
be niggardly
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
verb
To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.
How often have the words
be niggardly
and
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
occurred in a corpus of books?
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