Skinflint
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:38 pm
For BD, who hates the word Cheapskate:
Skinflint:
Skinflint:
I was going to include etymology information, but the Online Etymology Dictionary seems to have disappeared into that great Internet Bit Bucket.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
skinflint
SYLLABICATION: skin·flint
PRONUNCIATION: sknflnt
NOUN: One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.