cheapskate
Someone who stingily avoids spending moneySomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
» Nobody considers Tom a cheapskate.
Никто не считает Тома скрягой.
Ніхто не вважає Тома скнарою.
Meaning
2 sensesSomeone who stingily avoids spending money.
He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.
(broadly)Someone who does not give freely.
My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
жа́динаžádina, жмотžmot
- a miserly person
Examples
9 sentencesNobody considers Tom a cheapskate.
Ніхто не вважає Тома скнарою. — deniko
ruНикто не считает Тома скрягой. — odexed
He's a cheapskate.
Він скнара. — deniko
ruОн скряга. — marafon
You're such a cheapskate.
Ти такий скнара. — deniko
ruТы такой крохобор. — marafon
Tom is a cheapskate.
ruТом жадина. — odexed
Don't be a cheapskate.
ruНе будь крохобором. — shanghainese
deSei kein Geizhals! — brauchinet
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.
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