cheapskate

a cheap skate

Someone who is reluctant to spend money. Oh, he'll never pay for a fancy hotel suite like that—he's a real cheap skate.
See also: cheap, skate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cheapskate

(ˈtʃipsket)
n. a miserly person; a very cheap person. (see also piker.) A 5 percent tip! What a cheapskate!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a cheap skate
  • cheap skate
  • cheap
  • cheap as chips
  • (as) cheap as chips
  • be going cheap
  • dirt cheap
  • kilobucks
  • cheapest is dearest
  • pass (someone or something) off on (someone)
References in periodicals archive
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Among many other benefits, it allows career cheapskates much greater scope for generosity.
Being Cheap
It turned out the thief was not some rival paper or cheapskate reader, but a Labrador retriever who'd been fetching newspapers and hiding them in his owner's yard.
The dog gone press
Cheapskate: infects venture capitalists, forcing them to open their purse strings again.
The Love Bug
Like Roger Smith, Iacocca, a notorious cheapskate, is seen greedily trying to further pad his bulging pockets and pleading for continued use of the company jet as the board finally pushes him out the door.
Comeback: The Fall and Rise of the American Automobile Industry
The cheapskate role of "subbies" has long been known in the construction industry, but it's spreading everywhere, including the public services.
Ruthless trend for casual work leaves staff out on a limb
"We will end the cheapskate economy where millions are pushed into low-paid, insecure jobs" A pledge by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn "Jeremy Corbyn is undoubtedly the most unintentionally comic figure ever to have led the Labour Party" Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher's biographer "He's an extraordinary actor and I think he's the best modern Bond that we have had and I desperately want him back.
QUOTES OF THE DAY
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WTSO.com Announces Online Wine Event, "Cheapskate Marathon"
He is a self-confessed cheapskate, and no matter how extreme the procedures can be, he's all game for the money.
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At first, the prices at ScaffoldMart's Web site made it seem like a cheapskate's paradise.
Half-price scaffolding
The Sloans' entrepreneurial fervor has infected their children: son and daughter Scott and Chelsea Sloan have brought the resale concept to sophisticated and fashion-conscious teenagers and young adults with Uptown Cheapskate. The first store opened near The Gateway shopping complex two years ago.
What's old is new: the resale industry thrives in a rocky economy
London, Jan 4 (ANI): A plan by NHS that will result in all hospital appointments calls being outsourced to Indian call centres has been slammed by critics as 'cheapskate'.
UK critics slam 'cheapskate' NHS plan for Indian call centers
Budget airline Flylo's cheapskate owner Omar Baba's enterprising scheme to charge extra for emergency lifebelts was pure genius.
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