cheapskate

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cheap·skate

(chēp′skāt′)

n. Slang

A stingy person; a miser.

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cheapskate

(ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt)

informal a miserly person

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cheap•skate

(ˈtʃipˌskeɪt)
n.

Informal. a stingy or miserly person.

[1895–1900, Amer.; cheap + skate³]

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Noun

cheapskate - a miserly person

tightwad

miser - a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

cheapskate

noun

Slang. A stingy person:

miser, niggard, Scrooge, skinflint.

Informal: penny pincher.

Slang: stiff, tightwad.

Translations

radin

cheapskate

[ˈtʃiːpskeɪt] N → tacaño/a m/f, roñoso/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cheapskate

[ˈtʃiːpskeɪt]

n (= skinflint) → radin(e) m/f

adj [employer] → radin(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cheapskate

n (inf) → Knicker m, → Knauser m (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cheapskate

[ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt] n (fam) → taccagno/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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