skinflint

Part of speech - definition - Example (used in a sentence) 1. (noun) a mean,niggardly person- that old man is **skinflint** 2. One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser. 3.(noun) cheapskate- that guy is a **skinflint**. Every time the bill came to the table at a restaurant the **skinflint** always went to the bathroom and never had to pay. 4. That person would skin a flint. 5.One who is very reluctant to spend money. 6.A mean person who hates spending money 7.A selfish person who is unwilling to spend money

Synonyms: hoarder, penny-pincher, niggard, Scrooge, tightwad, money-grubber, miser, cache ,stockpile, greedy, pinch-penny, curmudgeon, hunks, screw, pinch-fist

Antonyms: giving, philanthropist,generous, giver, liberal, lavish, charity

Related words/other forms: skinflintily skinflintiness skinflinty skinflinter

Heat Miser is a **SkinFlint because he hoards money and land.**

The scrooge is a very sour man who was a penny-pincher.


 * [[image:file:///Users/gaill001/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.jpg width="75" height="53"]][[image:file:///Users/gaill001/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.jpg width="64" height="67"]][[image:http://www.candymag.com/coc/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ebenezer-scrooge.jpg width="179" height="188"]][[image:https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u52/scrooge.jpg width="247" height="218"]]someone chose this picture because scrooge is always worried about his banking and his money.

This is Mr.Burns he is a **skinflint**



Scrooge is very tight with his money



In Spongebob Mr.Krabs only cares about money. http://www.freewebs.com/flowera/untitled.bmp



This is an example of being cheap. (not wanting to spend money)

http://www.freewebs.com/scroogethemusical/mr%20scrooge%20housenew.bmp []



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