skinflint
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Fortunately the editors at Edmunds.com recently compiled a list of eight decidedly low-tech models that should delight luddites and skinflints alike, which we’re featuring below.
From Forbes • Mar. 12, 2015
There are two types of story about lottery winners – that they have blown the lot, or they are skinflints – and only one acceptable ending: money can't buy happiness.
From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2013
Photograph: Jill Connelly/Reuters Scavengers, skinflints and cheapskates are well catered for in Edinburgh.
From The Guardian • Aug. 10, 2010
Especially when my father said that Mr. Big Bucks Ballard was the skinflint of skinflints, and there probably wouldn’t be much to eat.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
Page 55—Golovh amended to Golova—"Golova = head" Page 59—the author uses the statement, "The folk-tales of all lands delight to gird at misers and skinflints ...".
From Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore by Ralston, William Ralston Shedden
Vocabulary lists containing skinflint
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