Meaning & use
cheapskate
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A person who is reluctant to spend money, especially unreasonably so.
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He's such a cheapskate that he still uses a flip phone from 2010.
Don't be a cheapskate, just buy the good coffee for once.
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Cheapskate is an informal, mildly disapproving term, typically used in casual conversation rather than formal writing.
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