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skinflint
noun
skin·flint ˈskin-ˌflint 
: a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
Synonyms
Example Sentences
She is a penny-pinching skinflint. the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent
Recent Examples on the Web Gone are the days of some teams having nearly their entire 40-man roster in uniform and those with skinflint owners having only a few extras. 
Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Manchin isn’t the only skinflint in American politics. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The skinflint editor played, lackadaisically, by Mr. Murray is based on Harold Ross. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021 In truth, that prudence was forced on the Legislature by former Gov. Jerry Brown, a fiscal skinflint compared with the liberal Newsom. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021 Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020 Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020 The second is a series of apologies and excuses for a tax cheat, voyeur-sadist, bad son, skinflint, publicity hound, social climber, shopaholic. Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020 This skinflint foursome proudly refer to themselves as the Frugal Four. The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020 See More
Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Manchin isn’t the only skinflint in American politics. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The skinflint editor played, lackadaisically, by Mr. Murray is based on Harold Ross. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2021 In truth, that prudence was forced on the Legislature by former Gov. Jerry Brown, a fiscal skinflint compared with the liberal Newsom. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021 Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020 Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 9 June 2020 The second is a series of apologies and excuses for a tax cheat, voyeur-sadist, bad son, skinflint, publicity hound, social climber, shopaholic. Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2020 This skinflint foursome proudly refer to themselves as the Frugal Four. The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1699, in the meaning defined above
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