skinflint

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"Behind my back you've always called me a skinflint, a miser, a villain.

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  1. noun One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.

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  • This week, the old skinflint is down in the vault where he keeps all his money locked up. —  Asimov'sSF,August2008
  • Pohlad's public reputation suffered as many Minnesotans came to perceive him as a skinflint, but Arne Carlson, who was governor at the time, says there was another side, a charming side to Pohlad that the public never saw. —  News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio
  • Medical bungs are cheap - or if you're a skinflint or mega-sized just whittle down a log. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Maybe i'm just fussy or a skinflint or something but i think they have an absolute cheek charging for you to upgrade old purchases ... especially when some tracks were already 256kbps for 79p and others were 128kbps for the same price and you had no choice to pay more or less for that quality (The Loving Kind from GA's Out Of Control being a good example) ...
  • And Harper is about to make Rae look like a skinflint when it comes to deficits. —  Winnipeg Sun
 

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/ˈskɪnflɪnt/
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