skinflint
11skinflint — Used since the eighteenth century to describe a miserly person, one who would attempt to skin a flint in order to save money. The Opies, however, report in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, that ‘skinflint’ is frequently used by… …
12skinflint — noun Date: circa 1700 a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means ; miser …
13skinflint — skinflintily, adv. skinflintiness, n. skinflinty, adj. /skin flint /, n. a mean, niggardly person; miser. [1690 1700; SKIN + FLINT] Syn. hoarder, pinchpenny, niggard, Scrooge. * * * …
14skinflint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. niggard, scrimp, hoarder, tightwad. See parsimony. Ant., philanthropist. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scrimp, tightwad, hoarder, Scrooge; see miser 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *cheapskate, miser …
15skinflint — skin|flint [ˈskınˌflınt] n informal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: From the idea of people who so hate spending money that they would remove the outer part of a stone to try to make some gain] someone who hates spending money or giving it away used to …
16skinflint — skin|flint [ skın,flınt ] noun count INFORMAL someone who does not like to spend or give money …
17skinflint — n. stingy person, cheapskate, miser …
18skinflint — noun informal a miser …
19skinflint — noun (C) informal someone who hates spending money or giving it away; miser …
20skinflint — noun, informal Jodie has the charisma needed to pry those dollar bills from these skinflints fists Syn: miser, penny pincher, Scrooge, pinchpenny; informal money grubber, cheapskate, tightwad, piker …