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skinflint

[skin-flint] / ˈskɪnˌflɪnt /


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I understand that you are making the case that you are hardly a skinflint.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

After a relationship marked by Turner being neat freak and a skinflint, they broke up after he shamed her for gaining 10 pounds.

From Salon Dec. 2, 2023

And while Thorne’s script requires a few extra contortions to guide this cantankerous skinflint through his great transformation, it’s worth the wait to get to the finale.

From New York Times Dec. 18, 2020

The second is a series of apologies and excuses for a tax cheat, voyeur-sadist, bad son, skinflint, publicity hound, social climber, shopaholic.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2020

Especially when my father said that Mr. Big Bucks Ballard was the skinflint of skinflints, and there probably wouldn’t be much to eat.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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