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skinflint

[skin-flint] / ˈskɪnˌflɪnt /


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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

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

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

Even the old skinflint Arsenal enjoyed the most lavish transfer window in its history.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2016

“And such a skinflint a penny would freeze to your fist before you’d spend it,” the phrenologist snapped.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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