One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.
skinflint
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noun
- A stingy person: miser, niggard, Scrooge. Informal penny pincher. Slang cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See give/take/reciprocity.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Synonyms: niggard, scrooge, churl
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"Tightwad" redirects here. see Tightwad, Missouri for the town by that name.
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A skinflint is a person considered so miserly that they would even "skin a flint" to save something of it. A flint is a small piece of flintstone used to strike a spark in the tinderbox. The flints in modern day lighters aren't made of flintstone, but rather of Ferrocerium.
A 'skinflint' dislikes spending money and is also sometimes referred to as a 'tightwad', a 'miser', a '
The term originated in Old England when the most prosperous citizens built their house walls of solid flint blocks, the most costly building material of the time. Imitators who wished to have the cachet of flintstone without the expense began to build their walls of brick with a facing of flintstone. The facing became known as skinflint, and the builders became known as skinflints.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fedtsyl, nærig rad
Deutsch (German)
n. - Geizhals
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σπαγκοραμμένος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - unha de fome
Español (Spanish)
n. - tacaño, agarrado
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gnidare, snåljåp
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吝啬鬼
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吝嗇鬼
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인색한 사람, 지독한 구두쇠
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ألبخيل أو ألخسيس
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קמצן, כילי
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