Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skinflint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skinflint \Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.]
A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skinflint
n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {niggard},
{scrooge}, {churl}]
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