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cheapskate

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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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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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Slang Dictionary
cheapskate [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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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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