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skinflint的意思
skinflint
英 ['sknflnt]
美 ['sknflnt]
- n. 吝啬鬼；一毛不拔的人
英文词源
- skinflint (n.)
- "miser, one who makes use of contemptible economy to keep money," 1700, slang; literally "kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something," from skin (v.) + flint. Flay-flint in same sense is from 1670s.