miserly sort

Someone disinclined to spend or part with money; a skinflint. My date was awful. He's such a miserly sort that he told me to fill up on bread so I wouldn't want to order a full meal.

See also: sort

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

penny pincher
penny-pincher
pincher
tight wad
tightwad
closefisted
closefisted (with money)
tightfisted
(one) can't be arsed
can't be arsed

References in periodicals archive

That apart, since RW was a miserly sort, he rode the machine only when a downward slope came along and the gradient rather than petrol helped in propelling the heavy duty bike.

LIVING LIFE ' ROBERT' STYLE

词组	miserly sort
释义	miserly sort miserly sort Someone disinclined to spend or part with money; a skinflint. My date was awful. He's such a miserly sort that he told me to fill up on bread so I wouldn't want to order a full meal. See also: sort Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: penny pincher penny-pincher pincher tight wad tightwad closefisted closefisted (with money) tightfisted (one) can't be arsed can't be arsed References in periodicals archive That apart, since RW was a miserly sort, he rode the machine only when a downward slope came along and the gradient rather than petrol helped in propelling the heavy duty bike. LIVING LIFE ' ROBERT' STYLE
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