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21 скаред
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22 сквалыга
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > сквалыга
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23 скупердяй
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > скупердяй
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24 скупец
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25 скупой
1. прил. avaricious, stingy, niggardly, miserly;
sparing (in) ;
scanty, poor;
taciturn( на слова)
2. муж. скл. как прил. miser, niggardскуп|ой -
1. прил. mean, miserly, stingy, close-fisted;
2. прил. (скудный) ungenerous;
~ая почва niggardly/ungenerous soil;
~ свет dim light;
3. (на вн., в пр., сдержанный) restrained (in), sparing (of) ;
~ на слова reticent, taciturn;
chary of one`s words;
~ на похвалы restrained in one`s praise, not given to praising;
4. в знач. сущ. м. miser;
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26 miser
̈ɪˈmaɪzə I сущ. сквалыга, скопидом, скряга, скупец, скупой Syn: skinflint, niggard II сущ. бур (инструмент) скупой, скупец, скряга (устаревшее) несчастный человек, бедняга( горное) буровая ложка, ложечный бур miser бур ~ скупой, скупец, скряга -
27 niggard
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28 tightwad
ˈtaɪtwɔd сущ.;
разг. скопидом, скряга, скупец, скупой Syn: miser, skinflint (американизм) (сленг) скупец, скряга, скупердяй tightwad разг. скупец, скрягаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > tightwad
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29 miser
I ['maɪzə] сущ.сквалыга, скопидом, скряга, скупец, скупойSyn:II ['maɪzə] сущ.; горн.бур ( инструмент) -
30 niggard
['nɪgəd] 1. сущ.скопидом, скряга, скупец, скупойSyn:2. прил.1) скупой, скаредныйSyn:2) скудный, недостаточныйSyn:3) узкий, маленький (о дороге, пространстве) -
31 tightwad
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32 griper
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33 miser
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34 niggard
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35 scraper
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36 screw
винт имя существительное:воздушный винт (propeller, airscrew, prop, screw, screw-propeller)гребной винт (propeller, prop, screw, screw-propeller)заработная плата (wages, wage, salary, pay, remuneration, screw)имя прилагательное: глагол:завинчивать (screw, screw up)привинчивать (screw, screw on)навинчивать (screw, screw up)вертеть (twirl, turn, spin, revolve, twist, screw)скаредничать (screw, scrape) -
37 cheapskate
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38 churl
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39 clam
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40 curmudgeon
скряга имя существительное:
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