cheapskate
Example Sentences
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It’s partly the cheapskate middle-class advice columnist in me, and it’s partly due to where you are in your life.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026
On “Oi,” a clever stand-in for the word “hoy,” the duo deploy frenetic breakbeats, Ramones-style gang vocals and a touch of Toño Rosario freakness to demand their dues from a cheapskate boss.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
I’m glad I can finally allow my cheapskate self to pay someone for house repairs that require climbing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Let’s raise a glass to the cheapskate of the sky, the judge seemed to say—the everyman of the flying world, the great equalizer of the skies.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024
You don't want to pour less than that, or people will say you're being a cheapskate.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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