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skinflint

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So I hope those skinflints do just raise the minimum wage a tiny bit.

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Quick take

a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for skinflint.

Example sentences

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So I hope those skinflints do just raise the minimum wage a tiny bit.

2

Since she's not such a skinflint, she'll pay both the fishermen and the packers more.

3

When will it make sense for a practical, skinflint commuter to make the switch?

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I mean, when I was a teenager I was a skinflint on cars, but once you've got some funds... your computer can't kill you.

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The skinflints are the companies publishing closed source stuff and the consumers using free software.

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'Mechanical Turk' is a sweatship run by a notorious skinflint.

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And have you ever tried taking a crackly LP, snapped tape or delaminated CD back to the store for replacement?That's nice, but do you really doubt that many or most filesharers are skinflint pirates like me?

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Like I saw a great program[1] with Ian Hislop on BBC2 recently partly about this Victorian banker in Britain who was a notorious skinflint all his life, amassed a fortune and then built decent housing for the poor with the lot of his wealth.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use skinflint in a sentence?

So I hope those skinflints do just raise the minimum wage a tiny bit.

What does skinflint mean?

a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

What part of speech is skinflint?

skinflint is commonly used as noun.