cheap skate

Definitions

1. 1

   Alternative form of cheapskate.

   • Anyhow, ten minutes would show whether he was a cheap skate or the real goods.
   • Again, not being an expert and not wanting to sound like a cheap skate, I asked, “Is there a reason I should choose the $2300.00 one versus the $600.00 one?”
   • Man wants to spend twenty thousand dollars on a palace of pleasure and worries if I'm gonna think he's a cheap skate.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cheap, skate.

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