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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/#x1)
- Don't be a skinflint; share your sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/#x2)
- The skinflint counted his coins every night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/#x3)
- Nobody liked the skinflint who never bought anyone a present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skinflint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skinflint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.