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cheap⋅skate
/
ˈtʃipˌskeɪt
/
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[
cheep
-skeyt
]
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noun, verb,
-skat⋅ed,
-skat⋅ing.
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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.
Origin:
1895–1900,
Americanism
;
cheap
+
skate
3
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cheap·skate
(chēp'skāt')
n.
Slang
A stingy person; a miser.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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cheapskate
[ˈtʃipsket]
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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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