cheapskate
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noun
1.
a person who is stingy and miserly.
verb (used without object)
2.
to act in a stingy or miserly way.
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| informal a miserly person | |
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Cheapskate
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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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Slang Dictionary
cheapskate definition[ˈtʃipsket]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Being a cheapskate could get you in trouble with the law.
Even the cheapskate strategy of buying a paper-thin presence is being closed off.
For those who want to escape the curse of cheapskate roadside motels, this is the place.
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