cheapskate
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
Noun[edit]
cheapskate (plural cheapskates)
- Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- Synonyms: miser; see also Thesaurus:miser
- Antonym: spendthrift
- He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
- (by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
- My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Translations[edit]
miser — see miser
someone who doesn't give freely
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