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skinflint

[ skin-flint ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

skinflint

/ ˈskɪnˌflɪnt /

First recorded in 1690–1700; skin + flint

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

Only a real skinflint would turn away from purchasing trillions of dollars of “free” war, right?

Worth thirty thousand pounds or more, and the stingiest old skinflint that ever breathed.

His father, although rich, is the veriest old skinflint and greatest miser you ever heard of.

It is evident from this that Mr. Skinflint has had things pretty much his own way.

It's as dry as a fossil bone there so his skinflint company cut corners on the stainless steel.

Better be under him than under the shrivelled skinflint of France, who wore his fine robes as though they galled him.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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