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skin⋅flint

  [skin-flint]
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–noun
a mean, niggardly person; miser.
Origin:
1690–1700; skin + flint

Related forms:
skin⋅flint⋅i⋅ly, adverb
skin⋅flint⋅i⋅ness, noun
skinflinty, adjective

Synonyms:
hoarder, pinchpenny, niggard, Scrooge.
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skin·flint   (skĭn'flĭnt')   
n.  One who is very reluctant to spend money; 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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Skinflint

Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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skinflint 
1700, "miser," slang; lit. "kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something," from skin (v.) + flint.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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