skinflint

Only a real skinflint would turn away from purchasing trillions of dollars of “free” war, right?
The Golden Age of Government by Groupon|Nick Gillespie|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Worth thirty thousand pounds or more, and the stingiest old skinflint that ever breathed.
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming
His father, although rich, is the veriest old skinflint and greatest miser you ever heard of.
The Impostures of Scapin|(Poquelin) Moliere
It is evident from this that Mr. Skinflint has had things pretty much his own way.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato; and How to Cook the Potato|D. H. Compton and Pierre Blot

It's as dry as a fossil bone there so his skinflint company cut corners on the stainless steel.
The Velvet Glove|Harry Harrison
Better be under him than under the shrivelled skinflint of France, who wore his fine robes as though they galled him.
Grisly Grisell|Charlotte M. Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for skinflint

skinflint

/ (ˈskɪnˌflɪnt) /

noun

an ungenerous or niggardly person; miser

Derived forms of skinflint

skinflinty, adjective

Word Origin for skinflint

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

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