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Significados de
skinflint
em inglês
português
sovina
Back to the meaning
A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.
scrooge
churl
niggard
português
sovina
Sinônimos
Examples for "
scrooge
"
scrooge
churl
niggard
Examples for "
scrooge
"
1
It is
Scrooge
;
-
a
converted
Scrooge
;
and I, I suppose, am Tiny Tim.
2
Obviously, Disney already had their own ready-to-cook central character in
Scrooge
McDuck.
3
So what did his friend John French do for this seasonal
Scrooge
?
4
Scrooge
knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
5
Scrooge
looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it no more.
1
My heart lurched with anger; the
churl
might have lowered his voice.
2
In that case I cannot be such a
churl
as to refuse.
3
I should be a
churl
if I did not tell you so.
4
But he is a mannerless
churl
,
we will not think of him.
5
My kinswoman could have received no greater kindness at the
churl
's
hands.
1
Be doubly careful of those to whom nature has been a
niggard
.
2
Miss Grandon might be queer and unsocial, but she was no
niggard
.
3
She was a
niggard
in things which did not concern herself.
4
But money is distributed with a
niggard
hand, and only once a year.
5
Praise or blame of its contriver, shown a
niggard
or profuse
Uso de
skinflint
em 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.
Mais exemplos para "skinflint"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Sobre este termo
skinflint
Substantivo
Singular
Colocações frequentes
old skinflint
mean skinflint
miserly skinflint
regular skinflint
act the skinflint
Mais colocações
Translations for
skinflint
português
sovina
pão-duro
avarento
Skinflint
ao longo do tempo
Skinflint
nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum