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Meanings of
skinflint
in inglês
português
sovina
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A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
scrooge
churl
niggard
português
sovina
Usage of
skinflint
in inglês
1
Would proper ink cost the old
skinflint
ninepence more per gallon, perhaps?
2
Because I know you, and know that you are a regular
skinflint
.
3
It was a
skinflint
document, and here are a couple of quotations:-
4
This old
skinflint
is opening his bosom and handing me a knife.
5
They do say you are a
skinflint
,
yes, and a hard man.
6
The Imperial
skinflint
's
idea of a good price was pretty steep.
7
She slaves for years to support her two children on Caesar's
skinflint
wages.
8
And I am stuck with Mr. McPherson at the
drugstore
-
another
skinflint
.
9
It's fitting that I call Carter what he is, and he's a
skinflint
.
10
You don't know
skinflint
Plushkin who feeds his people so badly?
11
You had her money but you were a bit of a
skinflint
,
weren't you?
12
Some even went so far as to call him "a miserly
skinflint
.
"
13
I don't dare to go to the old
skinflint
again.
14
They say she's a worse old
skinflint
than her husband.
15
A
skinflint
wasn't the right personality type for Zach.
16
Well, up comes the old
skinflint
in his buggy.
Other examples for "skinflint"
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skinflint
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old skinflint
mean skinflint
miserly skinflint
regular skinflint
act the skinflint
More collocations
Translations for
skinflint
português
sovina
pão-duro
avarento
Skinflint
through the time
Skinflint
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common