skinflint

skin·flint

 (skĭn′flĭnt′)

n.

One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.

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[From the earlier expression to skin a flint, to go extreme lengths to obtain an often paltry reward or advantage, from the time-consuming process of removing the cortex from a flint nodule before knapping off flakes from the core for use as gunflints or other tools (since flint nodules found in beds of limestone and chalk typically have a whitish outer cortex of various minerals that was often removed before knapping).]

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skinflint

(ˈskɪnˌflɪnt)

n

an ungenerous or niggardly person; miser

[C18: referring to a person so avaricious that he would skin (swindle) a flint]

ˈskinˌflinty adj

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skin•flint

(ˈskɪnˌflɪnt)

n.

a mean, stingy person; miser; niggard.

[1690–1700]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skinflint - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend niggard, scrooge, churl hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use pinchgut - a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)

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skinflint

noun

A stingy person:

miser, niggard, Scrooge.

Informal: penny pincher.

Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad.

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Translations

Entenklemmer

radin

tirchio

skinflint

[ˈskɪnflɪnt] N → tacaño/a m/f, roñoso/a m/f

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skinflint

[ˈskɪnflɪnt] n → grippe-sou mskin graft n → greffe f de peau

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skinflint

[ˈskɪnˌflɪnt] n → taccagno/a, spilorcio/a

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