She is a penny-pinching skinflint. the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent

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Both political parties have endorsed a modest rate of taxation of the rich, and a wretched, skinflint system of welfare and social services. Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, "What about police violence against white people?," 9 June 2020

The second is a series of apologies and excuses for a tax cheat, voyeur-sadist, bad son, skinflint, publicity hound, social climber, shopaholic. Stephen Metcalf, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Was Andy Warhol a saint or scourge, genius or dolt? A new biography befits a great life," 22 Apr. 2020

This skinflint foursome proudly refer to themselves as the Frugal Four. The Economist, "Charlemagne After Brexit, who will be the British of the EU?," 30 Jan. 2020

Here, Scrooge is not simply a skinflint who refuses to donate to the poor and won’t give his employee a day off. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "The new Scrooge is hot, and I don't know how to feel: Opinion," 19 Dec. 2019

Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, 10-year-old Mia Tang’s parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao, is a nasty skinflint who exploits them. Shirley Macfarland, cleveland, "Dr. King honored in ideastream production with the Cleveland Orchestra: Strong Points," 19 Dec. 2019

Miami owner Joe Robbie was a famous skinflint; Nick, acting as his own agent, demanded double his pay, guaranteed. S.l. Price, SI.com, "‘I Feel Lost. I Feel Like a Child’: The Complicated Decline of Nick Buoniconti," 9 May 2017

Reaction to us as cheapskates: Our skinflint stratagems provoked no untoward response. Fox, Town & Country, "A Table for Mr. Fox," 21 Nov. 2012

But twenty and thirty-somethings aren't the only skinflint demographic. Riley Griffin, chicagotribune.com, "When it comes to tipping for service, millennials are cheapest," 18 June 2018

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