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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

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

Brown had gone from wise guy to wise man, from skinflint to a bit of a spendthrift; the bullet train caught his eye and his imagination, though it also courted controversy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2020

To his admirers, Mr. O’Rahilly was a renegade visionary and a skinflint con man who sometimes liked to find creative ways to leave posh restaurants without paying for his meals.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2020

“Now stop acting like a skinflint and let’s get the money.”

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden