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cheapskate

[ UK /t‍ʃˈiːpske‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈtʃipˌskeɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a miserly person

How To Use cheapskate In A Sentence

  • Even cheapskates would never suggest that you skip special dinners out, such as those celebrating anniversaries or job promotions.
  • You leave a small tip and your companion thinks you're a cheapskate; a large one and she thinks you're a flash git.
  • Being a cheapskate is no crime but lying to congress is, a big “if” if he did. Matthew Yglesias » Confirmation Trouble and Tax Reform
  • I would say that parents in our position should not be made out to be tightwads and cheapskates.
  • Certainly no one enjoys being smeared as a race of cheapskates, especially when that cheapness has been presented over the centuries as a ruthless desire to take a profit at any cost.
  • How many cheapskate bosses will demand multi-skilling but not pay for the training?
  • They were friends of mine, who already had tickets, but knew friends who were cheapskates and wouldn't buy opening day seats, no matter how much that they wanted to see a show.
  • I should not have said that the Most Wonderful Daughter in the Whole World was a 'cheapskate' because she is 'so not'! Let's be honest...
  • Politicians are spend-happy on the campaign trail, but cheapskates in office.
  • Howard rode with us in the taxi, but the cheapskate didn't offer to pay any of the fare.
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