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skinflint

[ skin-flint ]

noun

  1. a mean, stingy person; miser.

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skinflint

/ 藞蝉办瑟苍藢蹿濒瑟苍迟 /

noun

  1. an ungenerous or niggardly person; miser
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉办颈苍藢蹿濒颈苍迟测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉办颈苍顎协濒颈苍迟顎僫路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉办颈苍顎协濒颈苍迟顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 蝉办颈苍顎僨濒颈苍迟顎厃 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of skinflint1

First recorded in 1690鈥1700; skin + flint
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of skinflint1

C18: referring to a person so avaricious that he would skin (swindle) a flint
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After a relationship marked by Turner being neat freak and a skinflint, they broke up after he shamed her for gaining 10 pounds.

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Trump has probably only avoided being outed for having paid for an abortion by virtue of being a skinflint notorious for reneging on promises to pay for anything.

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I was looking forward to Camp and Marvel as skinflint actor James and benighted addict Mary.

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It was the central article of faith for Reaganites, for Paul Ryan, and for every conservative skinflint back to Andrew Mellon.

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Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world.

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