cheapskate

cheapskate
/cheep"skayt'/, n., v., cheapskated, cheapskating. Informal.
n.
1. a person who is stingy and miserly.
v.i.
2. to act in a stingy or miserly way.
[1895-1900, Amer.; CHEAP + SKATE3]

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