skinflint

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who is excessively unwilling to spend or give money

   The skinflint hoarded his wealth rather than use it for any honorable purpose.

From the phrase skin a flint, "to go to extreme lengths for gain or economy," since flint is so hard and brittle that removing its skin would be nearly impossible.

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