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Definition of skinflint in English: skinflintnoun ˈskɪnflɪntˈskɪnˌflɪnt informal A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser. Example sentencesExamples - I'm not a skinflint, but I would like my bank balance to level out for a week or two.
- Stop being such a skinflint - just buy the thing.
- Although he's looking to sell it again, Lieberman remains a skinflint.
- Scots are dispelling their stereotype of being skinflints who hoard their money and live austere lives.
- A $100-million subway was planned in 1912, but city skinflints said they ‘lacked the necessary authorization.’
- Their skinflint ways caused R. no small degree of humiliation during her growing years.
- I was too scared to stand up to them, or to the diner's skinflint owner, who kept finding creative ways to dip into our inadequate tips.
- But as I palmed the money through the window the meter went to £9.40, turning me instantly into a skinflint.
- Not that I am a skinflint or unromantic, but it has been refreshing to view the whole event from a neutral standpoint.
- In other words, give me my gold, you copper-pinching skinflint, or find your own damned specimens from now on.
- Decide that twenty dollars for five hours of entertainment is reasonable value and declare that skinflints are humbugs.
- So skinflints and kids can get other people to pay for their phone calls through emotional blackmail.
- Notorious skinflint Scrooge makes an appearance at the Wyvern Theatre on Friday in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
- It's certainly not because I'm a skinflint, production costs and time invested are irrelevant.
- The New York Times noted his reputation as ‘the industry's leading skinflint.’
- And only two skinflints, or gentlemen of an extremely strong constitution, have so far refused to cough up.
- I'm a skinflint and I don't want to shell out on Dreamweaver.
- ‘They have a reputation for being skinflints with no respect for decent pay and conditions,’ he said.
- The skinflint and the loan shark are seen as sources of sawbuck salvation and sanctification.
- Now remember, this is in skinflint New Hampshire, where a request for money for a new light bulb can cause a knockdown, drag-out debate.
Synonyms miser, penny-pincher, Scrooge, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer informal meanie, money-grubber, cheapskate North American informal tightwad vulgar slang tight-arse
Definition of skinflint in US English: skinflintnounˈskinˌflintˈskɪnˌflɪnt informal A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser. Example sentencesExamples - A $100-million subway was planned in 1912, but city skinflints said they ‘lacked the necessary authorization.’
- The skinflint and the loan shark are seen as sources of sawbuck salvation and sanctification.
- Their skinflint ways caused R. no small degree of humiliation during her growing years.
- Decide that twenty dollars for five hours of entertainment is reasonable value and declare that skinflints are humbugs.
- Notorious skinflint Scrooge makes an appearance at the Wyvern Theatre on Friday in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
- Although he's looking to sell it again, Lieberman remains a skinflint.
- It's certainly not because I'm a skinflint, production costs and time invested are irrelevant.
- Stop being such a skinflint - just buy the thing.
- But as I palmed the money through the window the meter went to £9.40, turning me instantly into a skinflint.
- Now remember, this is in skinflint New Hampshire, where a request for money for a new light bulb can cause a knockdown, drag-out debate.
- I'm a skinflint and I don't want to shell out on Dreamweaver.
- The New York Times noted his reputation as ‘the industry's leading skinflint.’
- I was too scared to stand up to them, or to the diner's skinflint owner, who kept finding creative ways to dip into our inadequate tips.
- Not that I am a skinflint or unromantic, but it has been refreshing to view the whole event from a neutral standpoint.
- In other words, give me my gold, you copper-pinching skinflint, or find your own damned specimens from now on.
- ‘They have a reputation for being skinflints with no respect for decent pay and conditions,’ he said.
- So skinflints and kids can get other people to pay for their phone calls through emotional blackmail.
- And only two skinflints, or gentlemen of an extremely strong constitution, have so far refused to cough up.
- I'm not a skinflint, but I would like my bank balance to level out for a week or two.
- Scots are dispelling their stereotype of being skinflints who hoard their money and live austere lives.
Synonyms miser, penny-pincher, scrooge, pinchpenny, niggard, cheese-parer
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