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Webster 1913 Edition


Skinflint

Skin′flintˊ

,
Noun.
[
Skin
+
flint
.]
A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Skinflint

SKIN'FLINT

,
Noun.
(skin and flint) A very niggardly person.

Definition 2024


skinflint

skinflint

English

Noun

skinflint (plural skinflints)

  1. One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
    • 1842, Gogol, Dead Souls, chapter 4
      You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:miser

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