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cheap·skate

   [cheep-skeyt] noun, verb, cheap·skat·ed, cheap·skat·ing. Informal.
noun
1.
a person who is stingy and miserly.
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verb (used without object)
2.
to act in a stingy or miserly way.

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Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; cheap + skate3
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cheapskate (ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt)
 
—n
informal a miserly person

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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cheapskate
"miserly person," 1896, from cheap (q.v.), second element perhaps from Amer.Eng. slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), of uncertain origin.
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cheapskate definition

[ˈtʃipsket]
  1. n.
    a miserly person; a very cheap person. (See also piker.) : A 5 percent tip! What a cheapskate!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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