skinflint

Example Sentences

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After a relationship marked by Turner being neat freak and a skinflint, they broke up after he shamed her for gaining 10 pounds.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023

To his admirers, Mr. O’Rahilly was a renegade visionary and a skinflint con man who sometimes liked to find creative ways to leave posh restaurants without paying for his meals.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2020

The second is a series of apologies and excuses for a tax cheat, voyeur-sadist, bad son, skinflint, publicity hound, social climber, shopaholic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2020

“That may be, but that’s not setting the bar too high. Jerry has cultivated an image of himself as a skinflint, which has caused most conservatives to smart and laugh.”

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2018

“Now stop acting like a skinflint and let’s get the money.”

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden