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1 скряжничать
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2 быть скаредным
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3 из камня лыки драть
1) General subject: skin a flint2) Makarov: flay a flintУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > из камня лыки драть
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General subject: skin a flint -
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1) General subject: screw, skin a flint2) American: scamp -
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1) General subject: Scrooge, buzzard, cheapskate, chuff, churl, close as a clam, close file, codger (старый), curmudgeon, griper, hoarder of money, hunks, miser, muckworm, niggard, nip cheese, nip farthing, nip-cheese, penny father, penny pincher, penny-father, piker, pinch fist, pinch-fist, pinchpenny, save all, scrape-penny, scraper, screw, skin, skinflint, money grubber2) Colloquial: (старый) codger, nip-farthing3) Dialect: save-all5) Obsolete: lickpenny6) Rare: flint7) Australian slang: cheap skate, tight arse, tight wad8) Scottish language: carl9) Jargon: grab-all, nickel nurser, penny-pincher, pinch-belly, pinch-gut10) Literature: (часто scrooge) Scrooge11) Archaic: carle
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To skin a flint — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skin a flint — do anything for money … English contemporary dictionary
skin a flint — phrasal : to make a gain by the most disreputable means … Useful english dictionary
Flint — Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint age — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint brick — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint glass — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint implements — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint mill — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint stone — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flint wall — Flint Flint, n. [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG. flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr. ? brick. Cf. {Plinth}.] 1. (Min.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English