Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, US, slang)A cheapskate, a miser.

Origin

See cheap and Charlie (“Vietcong”, US military slang); likely originated among US soldiers

See cheap and Charlie (“Vietcong”, US military slang); likely originated among US soldiers in Vietnam as a Vietnam War-era military slang to refer to American GIs who were unwilling to spend extravagantly at bars or restaurants, or for prostitutes.

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Forms

plural: cheap Charlies
Singularcheap Charlie
Pluralcheap Charlies

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Synonyms

29 synonyms
magpieC2scroogeB2misercarlcheapasscheapiecheapskatecheapochurlclutchfistel cheapolast of the big spendersmoneygrubbermuckworm

Antonyms

2 antonyms
two week millionairespendthrift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cheapA2cheapencheaplycheapskatecheatB2
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