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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang A stingy person; a miser.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
  2. n. By extension, someone who doesn't give freely.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a miserly person

Etymologies

  1. cheap + skate (fellow) (Wiktionary)

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  • davidhull6 I believe the skate part of this comes from the same root as scat, so a cheapskate is a cheap shit. Other books have presented different roots. Jul 3, 2009

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