flay-flintn.

Brit.

/ˈfleɪflɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈfleɪˌflɪnt/

Etymology: See flay v. 6.

One who is guilty of the worst meanness or extortion for the sake of gain; a skin-flint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > of the worst kind

Jew1508

hood-pick?a1513

miser?1577

share-penny1606

flay-flint1672

skinflint1699

flint1841

skin1900

tight-ass1969

1672 T. Shadwell Miser 1. 8 A pox on this damn'd flea-flint.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 141 The Flea flints, the Germans strip 'em bare.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 There lived a flayflint near; we stole his fruit, His hens, his eggs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flay-flint
释义	flay-flintn. Brit. /ˈfleɪflɪnt/, U.S. /ˈfleɪˌflɪnt/ Etymology: See flay v. 6. One who is guilty of the worst meanness or extortion for the sake of gain; a skin-flint. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > of the worst kind Jew1508 hood-pick?a1513 miser?1577 share-penny1606 flay-flint1672 skinflint1699 flint1841 skin1900 tight-ass1969 1672 T. Shadwell Miser 1. 8 A pox on this damn'd flea-flint. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth I. 141 The Flea flints, the Germans strip 'em bare. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 50 There lived a flayflint near; we stole his fruit, His hens, his eggs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1672
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