cheapskate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

cheap + skate (fellow)

[edit] Noun

cheapskate (plural cheapskates)

  1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
    He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
  2. By extension, someone who doesn't give freely.
    My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

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