Definition of Skinflent
Skin"flint` (?), n. [Skin +
flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Sir W. Scott.
Skin"flint` (?), n. [Skin +
flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Sir W. Scott.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
SKIN FLINT. An avaricious man or woman,
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser
That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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