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skinflint [ˊskɪnflɪnt] nскря́га -
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ˈskɪnflɪnt сущ. скряга, скупердяй( букв. "кто камень обдерет ради барыша") the man with the skinflinty heart ≈ человек с черствым сердцем Syn: miser, niggard скряга, живодер skinflint скрягаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > skinflint
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['skɪnflɪnt]сущ.; букв. "камень обдерёт ради барыша"скряга, скупердяйBabbitt, old dear, you're crooked in the first place and a damn skinflint in the second. (S.Lewis) — Да, Бэббит, друг мой драгоценный, во-первых, вы сами - старый плут, а во-вторых, скряга, каких мало. (пер. Р.Райт-Ковалевой)
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[`skɪnflɪnt]скряга, скупердяйАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > skinflint
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nounскряга* * *(n) живодер; скряга* * *скряга, скупердяй* * *n. скряга, скупец* * *крохоборскаредсквалыгаскопидомскряга* * *скряга, скупердяй -
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n скряга, живодёрСинонимический ряд:miser (noun) cheapskate; cheeseparer; chuff; hoarder; hunks; miser; moneygrubber; muckworm; nabal; niggard; penny pincher; piker; scrooge; skin; stiff; stingy person; tightwad -
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скупердяй; скряга; жадина; жмотCharles Dickens' famous character Ebeneezer Scrooge is often seen as the original skinflint.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a skinflint
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > скряжничать
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См. также в других словарях:
skinflint — [skinflint΄] n. [< thieves slang: lit., one who would skin a flint for gain or economy] a niggardly person; miser … English World dictionary
Skinflint — Skin flint , n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skinflint — 1700, miser, slang; lit. kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something, from SKIN (Cf. skin) (v.) + FLINT (Cf. flint). Flay flint in same sense is from 1670s … Etymology dictionary
skinflint — [n] cheapskate hoarder, miser, moneygrubber*, penny pincher*, pinchfist*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, tightwad; concepts 348,412,423 … New thesaurus
skinflint — ► NOUN informal ▪ a miser … English terms dictionary
Skinflint — A skinflint is a person considered so miserly that he would even skin a flint to save something of it. A flint is a small piece of flintstone used to strike a spark in the tinderbox. The flints in modern day lighters aren t made of flintstone,… … Wikipedia
skinflint — UK [ˈskɪnˌflɪnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms skinflint : singular skinflint plural skinflints informal someone who does not like to spend or give money … English dictionary
skinflint — noun one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money … Wiktionary
skinflint — [[t]skɪ̱nflɪnt[/t]] skinflints N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a skinflint, you are saying that they are a mean person who hates spending money. Syn: miser … English dictionary
skinflint — /ˈskɪnflɪnt / (say skinflint) noun a mean, niggardly person. {skin (verb) + flint; that is, a mean person who would skin or shave a small piece off a flint to start a fire} …
skinflint — Used since the eighteenth century to describe a miserly person, one who would attempt to skin a flint in order to save money. The Opies, however, report in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, that ‘skinflint’ is frequently used by… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address