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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.

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
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