skinflint
pronunciation
How to pronounce skinflint in British English:
UK [ˈskɪnflɪnt]
How to pronounce skinflint in American English:
US [ˈskɪnˌflɪnt]
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- Noun:
- a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Word Origin
- skinflint (n.)
- "miser, one who makes use of contemptible economy to keep money," 1700, slang; literally "kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something," from skin (v.) + flint. Flay-flint in same sense is from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Traditionally , britain has been an educational skinflint .
- 2. Skinflint considered the price very cheap and readily agreed .
- 3. How can this skinflint possibly be true quixote ?
- 4. Her boss is a skinflint .
- 5. Seeing them enter , skinflint flew into a rage .