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1 sknera
( decl like f) pot skinflint (pot)* * *f. l. mpdecl. like f. Gen.pl. -r l. - rów uj., pot. scrooge, skinflint.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > sknera
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2 centuś
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > centuś
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3 dusigrosz
m (G pl dusigroszy a. dusigroszów) pot., pejor. skinflint pot., pejor., cheapskate pot., pejor.* * *-a; -e; gen pl; -y; mpot penny-pincher (pot)* * *mpGen.pl. -y l. -ów penny pincher, scrooge.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dusigrosz
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4 harpagon
m (N pl harpagoni a. harpagony) książk., pejor. Scrooge* * *mppl. -i l. -y lit. (= skąpiec) Scrooge, skinflint.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > harpagon
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5 skąpiradło
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skąpiradło
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6 kutw|a
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kutw|a
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7 skąpirad|ło
The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skąpirad|ło
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8 skne|ra
m, f (N pl m sknery, Gpl m skner a. sknerów; N pl f sknery, Gpl f skner) pot., pejor. miser, penny-pincher; skinflint pot.; meanie pot.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > skne|ra
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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