skinflint• They live in the nine skinflintboroughs - mostly Toryauthorities - which have scrapped their school meals service on costgrounds.• Dolly's a bit of an old skinflint.• Grandad went to work for a farmer who was rather an old skinflint.• We waited for the old skinflint to find his wallet and pay us our money.
Originskinflint
(1600-1700) From the idea of people who so hate spending money that they would remove the outer part of a stone to try to make some gain