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skin·flint (-flint′)

noun

a niggardly person; miser

Etymology: < thieves' slang: lit., one who would skin a flint for gain or economy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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