Eilert, though, is known as a skinflint, and that sells in times like these. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
He didn't seem to be too bothered by his 'skinflint' reputation. From Wordnik.com. [Grim laughs: A question on humor and crime fiction] Reference
But you know you have now made Bubba's "skinflint" list for having even made a complaint about it. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Tourist Tax Up Date] Reference
'skinflint' husband after 12 largely unhappy years of marriage, that he hit her head with a hammer at least seven times. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
"Didn 'know ye'd saved tha' much, ye ol 'skinflint.". From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
Some words are sublime, like skinflint and tightwad. From Wordnik.com. [Learning to Die in Miami] Reference
"I know an old skinflint by that name," corrected Dove. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
“Old skinflint!” said the danseuse, who was crying. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
“What a skinflint you are, Luke,” she went on gently. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
He never thought of taking me anywhere, the old skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
Can somebody tell me who benefits from this skinflint policy?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right-Wing Shelves Vote on Minimum Wage] Reference
I keep telling the old skinflint, I need another pair of hands. From Wordnik.com. [Old Tin Sorrows]
They said I was a spendthrift, and they said I was a skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [A Last Look Back Before Moving Ahead] Reference
"Never again will I be considered a skinflint by my employees.". From Wordnik.com. [Kahen no Ame] Reference
Rudy Vallee had a reputation as a skinflint and he deserved it. From Wordnik.com. [The Movies That Changed Us] Reference
And yeah, I should be able to get on Bubbas skinflint list also. From Wordnik.com. [Vonage] Reference
In a pinched economy, consumers are embracing their inner skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [The Wal-Mart Puzzle] Reference
I knew better than to expect a silver birth-gift from this skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
I call it getting a bit on account by forcing the hand of a skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
I think this will qualify me to meet Bubbas definition of a skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [Vonage] Reference
Hoskins is the biggest fule, and the gol-darndest skinflint in the country. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
'You old skinflint, that's no more than petty coin to you, and you know it. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Thorbardin]
“The patron was a vainglorious fool and a skinflint,” Cosimo explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Prince] Reference
I know these were small amounts, but for me, it's the principle (and being a skinflint). From Wordnik.com. [It pays to look/watch] Reference
The truth was that, coward and skinflint though he was, he had a shrewd business head, no error. From Wordnik.com. [Flash For Freedom]
I will try not to let my inclinations as a skinflint influence my later review of Little Brother. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile?] Reference
If he ever comes courting around here I'll be tempted to do something desperate, the old skinflint. From Wordnik.com. [Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune] Reference
He had earned for himself the reputation of an awful skinflint, of a miser in the matter of living. From Wordnik.com. [To-morrow, by Joseph Conrad] Reference
Many of us are now seriously in touch with our inner skinflint, looking to return to safe financial ground. From Wordnik.com. [Tax refunds are 10 percent bigger. What will you do with yours?] Reference
Darry had to bite his lips harder than ever to keep from telling the skinflint just what he thought of him. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
It wasn't two weeks after Bill died till that old skinflint went tramping up there and staked that placer claim. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Roost] Reference
It was very well to hoodwink an old skinflint; but, by the Mass, not honest to flaunt your methods in the world's face. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
In his heyday he inherited some money from his skinflint father, and he could muster more cash than any man on Main Street. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Ernest Seeman, February 13, 1976. Interview B-0012. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The old girl seems to have been very careful, not to say downright skinflint mean and a bit of a mischief-maker into the bargain. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
Anyone who knows me at all knows I'm a real tight wad, a skinflint, a miser. From Wordnik.com. [MacDailyNews] Reference
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