skinflint
Example Sentences
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He has poured a ridiculous amount of his own money into his team’s roster to transform the skinflint Mets into a financial juggernaut.
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
Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world.
From Los Angeles Times
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
I’m saying it should be illegal to tell consumers that they’re the problem when the problem is actually a skinflint company.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
