cheapskate

[ cheep-skeyt ]

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noun

a person who is stingy and miserly.

verb (used without object),cheap·skat·ed, cheap·skat·ing.

to act in a stingy or miserly way.

Origin of cheapskate

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; cheap + skate³

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How to use cheapskate in a sentence

Old Jerry is running a cheapskate campaign, and he has not stated clearly why he wants to be governor again.
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We chose to get married at City Hall mostly because I'm a cheapskate.
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Of the two-fifty, you extract a dollar, feeling that the Senior Holden is a cheapskate.
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British Dictionary definitions for cheapskate

cheapskate

/ (ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt) /

noun

informal a miserly person

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Other Idioms and Phrases with cheapskate

cheapskate

A stingy person, as in He's a real cheap skate when it comes to tipping. This idiom combines cheap (for “penurious”) with the slang usage of skate for a contemptible or low individual. It has largely replaced the earlier cheap John. [Slang; late 1800s]

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