cheapskate

"We're often very British about asking for money back," she says, suggesting people may be worried about being judged as a "cheapskate".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s partly the cheapskate middle-class advice columnist in me, and it’s partly due to where you are in your life.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

I’m glad I can finally allow my cheapskate self to pay someone for house repairs that require climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

The Oakland Athletics are a major league team in name only, their talent level a reflection of how little money cheapskate owner John Fisher invests in his product.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

According to my father, Dusty Muleman was such a pathetic cheapskate that he wouldn’t pay to have the Coral Queen’s sewage hauled away.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Unlike many other teams that have made baseball a haven for cheapskates, the Dodgers invest much of their revenue back into the roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Thirteen years later, Hendrix instructed the stadium crew to throw gates open and let in hundreds of young cheapskates, including me, from the same bluff.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

"It's true, Canada. We're a nation of cheapskates," wrote Matt Gurney.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2020

I was never given the hard sell again, which is lucky, because if it had kept up I would have started wondering how committed the restaurant really is to keeping cheapskates like me happy.

From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019

“Tell me about it. Or more to the point, you tell those cheapskates down at the First Illinois about it. These are my men I’m putting on the line, officer. Good men. Men like you.”

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman