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单词 cheapskate
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cheapskate

[ cheep-skeyt ]
/ ˈtʃipˌskeɪt /
Informal.
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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

Words nearby cheapskate

cheap-jack, cheapo, cheap out, cheap shot, Cheapside, cheapskate, cheapy, cheat, cheat day, cheater, cheat on
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Example sentences from the Web for cheapskate

  • Old Jerry is running a cheapskate campaign, and he has not stated clearly why he wants to be governor again.

    Bet on California's GOP Amazons|Tunku Varadarajan|June 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • We chose to get married at City Hall mostly because I'm a cheapskate.

    The D.C. Sex Blogger on How She Went From Slut to Housewife|Jessica Cutler|December 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST
  • Of the two-fifty, you extract a dollar, feeling that the Senior Holden is a cheapskate.

    The Fourth R|George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for cheapskate

cheapskate
/ (ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt) /

noun

informal a miserly person
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with cheapskate

cheap skate

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]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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