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cheapskate
cheap·skate [ chp skàyt ] (plural cheap·skates)


noun 
Definition:
 
stingy person: somebody regarded as ungenerous ( informal )

[Late 19th century. < U.S. slang skate "worn-out horse, contemptible person" < ?]
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