I’m pretty sure that doesn’t mean what you think it does… :eh:[/quote]
And Maoman should invest in a dictionary.
This comes from Dictionary.com:
niggardly
adj.
- Grudging and petty in giving or spending.
- Meanly small; scanty or meager: left the waiter a niggardly tip.[/quote]
Yes, Mr He, I know what niggardly means. But the expression “niggardly people in a woodpile” is a malapropism. The original expression was “nigger in a woodpile” and its origins and meaning can be found by clicking here and here.