cheapskate
pronunciation
How to pronounce cheapskate in British English:
UK [ˈtʃi:pskeɪt]
How to pronounce cheapskate in American English:
US [ˈtʃipˌsket]
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- Noun:
- a miserly person
Word Origin
- cheapskate (n.)
- also cheap skate, "miserly person," 1896, from cheap (adj.), second element perhaps from American English slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), which is of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. You 're such a cheapskate !
- 2. Even the cheapskate strategy of buying a paper-thin presence is being closed off .
- 3. One reader said I reminded her of her cheapskate husband who would get everyone else to pay for things during their 15-year marriage .
- 4. Obsessing over the price of dinner , before , during , or afterward either paints you as a worrywart who isn 't enjoying the date - or a cheapskate who isn 't enjoying the date .
- 5. And there are plenty of ways you can save money on a date ( without looking like a cheapskate ) .