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SKINFLINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skinflint mean?
• SKINFLINT (noun)
The noun SKINFLINT has 1 sense:
1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Familiarity information: SKINFLINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
churl; niggard; scrooge; skinflint
Hypernyms ("skinflint" is a kind of...):
hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skinflint"):
pinchgut (a niggardly person who starves himself (and others))
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