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skinflint
[ skin-flint ]
skinflint
/ ˈskɪnˌflɪnt /
noun
- an ungenerous or niggardly person; miser
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Derived Forms
- ˈskinˌflinty, adjective
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Other Words From
- skinflinti·ly adverb
- skinflinti·ness noun
- skinflinty adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skinflint1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skinflint1
C18: referring to a person so avaricious that he would skin (swindle) a flint
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Example Sentences
Only a real skinflint would turn away from purchasing trillions of dollars of “free” war, right?
From The Daily Beast
Worth thirty thousand pounds or more, and the stingiest old skinflint that ever breathed.
From Project Gutenberg
His father, although rich, is the veriest old skinflint and greatest miser you ever heard of.
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It is evident from this that Mr. Skinflint has had things pretty much his own way.
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It's as dry as a fossil bone there so his skinflint company cut corners on the stainless steel.
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Better be under him than under the shrivelled skinflint of France, who wore his fine robes as though they galled him.
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