Skinflint

'Skinflint's a' orse, mum, as Mosk 'ave put his shirt on.'

The Bishop's Secret Fergus Hume 1895

The boys who all had nicknames, called him "Skinflint," but Jack did not care as long as the old tobacco-pouch in which he kept his money grew heavier and heavier.

Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

The boys who all had nicknames, called him "Skinflint," but Jack did not care as long as the old tobacco-pouch in which he kept his money grew heavier and heavier.

Little Men Louisa May Alcott 1860

Skinflint fussbudgets are going to protest: Hey, couldn't you make the same argument for the Irish, the Italians, the Spanish?

Bearing Gifts to the Needy Greeks Joe Queenan 2011

Skinflint that I am, I would have taken a commuter rail to Boston and then the Chinatown bus to save money.

Home again, home again...again. ellen_datlow 2010

Skinflint that I am, I would have taken a commuter rail to Boston and then the Chinatown bus to save money.

Home again, home again...again. ellen_datlow 2010

One day a hungry feller named Slim and his grandson, Luis, ride their mustangs into the desert town of Skinflint.

When Imagination Blasts Into Orbit Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

Can't Understand why HMG does not employ a Skinflint like me to buy their Travel Tickets for them.

Burying Prudence with a Purpose 2007

Do you suppose Skinflint is tortured with remorse at the idea of the distress which called to him in vain, and of the hunger which he sent empty away?

The Virginians 2006

Diary Entry by Rob Kall (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Walmart Gives like Bush -- like a Skinflint'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Walmart grossed about $300 billion in the last 12 months.

OpEdNews - Diary: Walmart Gives like Bush-- like a Skinflint 2005