skinflint

«skinflint» in Mova's school dictionary: mean with it; a miser — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (skinflint, skinflints)

meaning for a pupil

A person who hates spending money and is mean with it; a miser. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons a stingy rich man who keeps his gold and refuses to help others, often a figure the folk-tales make fun of

examples

• The old skinflint would not give the poor man a single coin. tree →
• Don't be a skinflint; share your sweets. tree →
• The skinflint counted his coins every night. tree →
• Nobody liked the skinflint who never bought anyone a present. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skinflint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.