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/ˈskɪnflɪnt/ · noun
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser..
You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.
Use skin flint when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skin flint means One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser..
Common synonyms include churl, niggard, grabber, scrooge.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.
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