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cheap⋅skate
[cheep-skeyt] 
noun, verb, -skat⋅ed, -skat⋅ing. Informal.–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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| cheap·skate (chēp'skāt') n. Slang A stingy person; a miser. |
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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