skinflint

2 definitions found

skinflint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Skinflint \Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.]
     A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

skinflint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  skinflint
      n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
           niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]