skinflint
Significado (Inglés)
One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
Sinónimos
cheesparing
greedy person
stingy person
Traducións
avare
avaro
vrek
avaro
Geizhals
pão-duroPronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈskɪnflɪnt/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.
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