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skinflint

/skin-flint/US // ˈskɪnˌflɪnt //UK // (ˈskɪnˌflɪnt) //

皮毛,皮尔逊,皮尔森,皮尔洛

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a mean, stingy person; miser.

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Examples

  • Only a real skinflint would turn away from purchasing trillions of dollars of “free” war, right?

  • Worth thirty thousand pounds or more, and the stingiest old skinflint that ever breathed.

  • His father, although rich, is the veriest old skinflint and greatest miser you ever heard of.

  • It is evident from this that Mr. Skinflint has had things pretty much his own way.

  • It's as dry as a fossil bone there so his skinflint company cut corners on the stainless steel.

  • Better be under him than under the shrivelled skinflint of France, who wore his fine robes as though they galled him.