Word of the Day:
cheapskate
What It Means
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
Someone who does not give freely.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Did You Know?
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
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