skinflint

skin·flint

S0452000 (skĭn′flĭnt′)n. One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.

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[From the earlier expression to skin a flint, to go extreme lengths to obtain an often paltry reward or advantage, from the time-consuming process of removing the cortex from a flint nodule before knapping off flakes from the core for use as gunflints or other tools (since flint nodules found in beds of limestone and chalk typically have a whitish outer cortex of various minerals that was often removed before knapping).]

skinflint

(ˈskɪnˌflɪnt) nan ungenerous or niggardly person; miser[C18: referring to a person so avaricious that he would skin (swindle) a flint] ˈskinˌflinty adj

skin•flint

(ˈskɪnˌflɪnt)

n. a mean, stingy person; miser; niggard. [1690–1700]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

skinflint - a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spendniggard, scrooge, churlhoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future usepinchgut - a niggardly person who starves himself (and others)

skinflint

nounA stingy person:miser, niggard, Scrooge.Informal: penny pincher.Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad.

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