Usage of "cheapskate"

Portuguese

A miserly person.

A person who is stingy and miserly.

Usage of cheapskate in English

Of course, I'm a cheapskate compared with someone like Bob Harris. 
 Reuters 

Then pray for a cheapskate judge and a long-shot verdict. 
 The capitol game 

He picked me up at the two-dollar poker machines, so you know he's no cheapskate. 
 Four to score 

Maybe it's coded with a cheapskate-detecting algorithm that will mess up my order next time. 
 Wired 

You can hear everything in this cheapskate apartment. 
 Four to score 

The cheapskate This man will find any and every reason to avoid paying the full bill. 
 The South African 

I'm going to miss these cheapskate, sawdust cookies. 
 Two for the dough 

But," he added, "so do them cheapskate actors in there." 
 Green Fancy 

Wealthy people actually tended to be on the cheapskate side when it came to things like tipping. 
 Cauldron of Ghosts 

We were sitting in the pub and you told me what a cheapskate you thought Hannes was. 
 The draining lake 

At the birthday, I discreetly didn't get a round in, which made me feel like a cheapskate. 
 The Guardian 

What kind of cheapskate are you, anyway? 
 The fifth servant 

What, you cheapskate, will you ruin me? 
 Act of will 

There's nothing worse than a cheapskate couple sitting in the corner, watching all the dancers without tipping. 
 Ebony 

Because he'd chosen to move our office to Selma Avenue I'd pegged David Koffman as a business cheapskate. 
 86'd: a novel 

Early in his career, Sampson explains, Woods had gained a reputation as a cheapskate and a bad tipper. 
 News.com.au 

cheapskate

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Translations for cheapskate

Portuguese

Cheapskate through the time

Meanings of cheapskate in English