| 单词 | skinflint |
| 例句 | You don’t expect a jerk and a skinflint to be grateful to his employees, do you? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Especially when my father said that Mr. Big Bucks Ballard was the skinflint of skinflints, and there probably wouldn’t be much to eat. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Now stop acting like a skinflint and let’s get the money.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “And such a skinflint a penny would freeze to your fist before you’d spend it,” the phrenologist snapped. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And while Thorne’s script requires a few extra contortions to guide this cantankerous skinflint through his great transformation, it’s worth the wait to get to the finale. ‘Christmas Carol’ Review: Brooding Scrooge Gets Ghosted 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Will Ebenezer Scrooge's conversion from skinflint to generous benefactor have added resonance, with the current news of income disparity, and antipathy toward the wealthiest among us? A sleigh full of holiday shows 2011-11-24T23:56:38Z His James is the usual vain, dashing skinflint, yes. Review: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville Lead a Hard-Run ‘Long Day’s Journey’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z The best argument in favour of generosity is that no one remembers a skinflint fondly. Arts cuts? Pah ? let's hear it for patrons 2010-06-09T15:59:00Z I find myself feeling like either a deep-pocketed patsy or a skinflint. Practical Traveler: Is There a Right Way to Spend Money When Traveling? 2011-03-09T15:36:48Z It posits that Scrooge isn't the only nasty old Victorian skinflint in London who suddenly reclaims the Christmas spirit. Review: Seattle Public Theater production catches us up with Jacob Marley 2010-12-16T21:52:16Z Other musicians who played in Brown’s band express joy and pride in their work and also deep disappointment with a boss who was aloof, a loner and a bit of a skinflint. ‘Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,’ on HBO 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Trump has probably only avoided being outed for having paid for an abortion by virtue of being a skinflint notorious for reneging on promises to pay for anything. Herschel Walker's abortion scandal won't alienate Christian right voters — here's why 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z I was looking forward to Camp and Marvel as skinflint actor James and benighted addict Mary. Review | They’ve shortened O’Neill’s ‘Long Day’s Journey.’ It feels cut off at the legs. 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z It was the central article of faith for Reaganites, for Paul Ryan, and for every conservative skinflint back to Andrew Mellon. As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it's time to stay clear-headed — and fight back 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Despite the benefits in this measure, U.S. pandemic relief remains among the most skinflint, cheeseparing packages in the developed world. Column: The COVID relief bill isn't nearly big enough 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z I’m saying it should be illegal to tell consumers that they’re the problem when the problem is actually a skinflint company. Column: 'Unusually high call volume'? You're being lied to, say experts 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Brown had gone from wise guy to wise man, from skinflint to a bit of a spendthrift; the bullet train caught his eye and his imagination, though it also courted controversy. Review: Jerry Brown gets the biography he deserves 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z To his admirers, Mr. O’Rahilly was a renegade visionary and a skinflint con man who sometimes liked to find creative ways to leave posh restaurants without paying for his meals. Ronan O’Rahilly, rebel rock broadcaster, dies at 79 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z A PR man flirts with a newswoman and his client’s daughter while changing a skinflint tycoon’s image. Movies on TV this week: 'Casablanca,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' 'The Terminator' and more 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Offended, he published Sir Vidia's Shadow, a book depicting his former friend as "a grouch, a skinflint, tantrum-prone, with race on the brain". Obituary: VS Naipaul 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z We knew Trump was a skinflint and a grifter. Opinion | Psychos on the Potomac 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z The skinflint materializes now and then to advise Dickens on storytelling and life choices, especially those involving the scribe’s shiftless though charming father. Review | ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ looks at the birth of ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z She is given expert support, though, from David Hyde Pierce, who would seem oddly cast as that grizzled skinflint and object of Dolly’s nuptial desire, Horace Vandergelder. Review | Bette Midler and ‘Hello, Dolly!’ are a perfect match. Don’t tell me you’re surprised. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The fact is that among recent administrations, at least, Democratic presidents have been the relative skinflints. Opinion | The GOP can no longer claim it believes in fiscal responsibility 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z But the auditor’s investigation, kept under wraps as a potentially serious scandal during the skinflint budgeting years of the Great Depression, adds a fascinating political wrinkle to the shadowy campaign against Fisher. 'How a commie-hating newspaper editor forced out a popular WWU president' 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He’s always had a reputation as a skinflint. California Today: And the Californian of the Year Is... 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z "The middle class will always find a way," is what these profligate institutions and skinflint state legislatures are counting on. Those Hidden College Fees 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Even the old skinflint Arsenal enjoyed the most lavish transfer window in its history. On a Friday Out, Chelsea Gets the Check and Liverpool Gets the Points 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Unlike corporate computer systems, campaigns tend to be skinflint operations. DNC Says Computers Breached by Russian Government-Linked Hackers 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Paul McCartney threw me his violin bass and told me he was a skinflint, before turning left out of the dressing room to go and play before hordes of screaming fans. Paul McCartney: The Biography by Philip Norman – digested read 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The team’s estimated payroll of $67 million is not only a third of what Chelsea is paying its players, it’s less than the skinflint Miami Marlins are spending on their roster. Leicester City's EPL run is a story fit for a king 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z He was the prime minister and a famous eligible bachelor; he was also a workaholic and a notorious skinflint. Trudeau’s Canada, Again 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z These facts he glosses over in “Walden,” despite detailing with otherwise skinflint precision his eating habits and expenditures. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z We later call him a “cheapskate billionaire” for skinflint habits like leaving his hat and coat in his car to avoid having to tip restaurant coat checkers. How Donald Trump Bought A Mansion Once Listed At $100 Million For Pennies on The Dollar 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z But skinflint policies have targeted the very people who do most of the consuming. In short, Mr. Okun’s 1975 theories don’t apply today. Reaganomics lives on 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Fortunately the editors at Edmunds.com recently compiled a list of eight decidedly low-tech models that should delight luddites and skinflints alike, which we’re featuring below. Best Cars For Luddites (And Those Who Think Basic Is Better) 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z You may just see it as a sign that your salary is pitiful and your boss is a skinflint. 5 Signs You're Financially Overextended 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z From his tenure as governor in the 1970s, Brown has always given off the vibe of a cheap date, in keeping with the state’s inherently skinflint fiscal preferences. Jerry Brown vs Neel Kashkari: A governor's debate that changed little 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z There are two types of story about lottery winners – that they have blown the lot, or they are skinflints – and only one acceptable ending: money can't buy happiness. Corby's lottery-winning bus drivers: what happened next? 2013-01-21T07:00:00Z Or not one drop of milk do I take from your old skinflint of a father! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "The old skinflint wants to see him," said Jeremiah, with an upward jerk of his head, in the direction of the room occupied by Miser Farebrother. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z He was a skinflint and a rascal, but he had shortened a dreary day, and at parting I regretted that I had not told him of my acquaintance with his kinsman in the South. Bolanyo 2012-02-12T03:00:14.503Z "He's a skinflint, all the same!" muttered the messenger, as he went away. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Yes, right before every one of them I want to say that you are a stingy old skinflint—that you pay starvation wages. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z There was no other light in the room; it was rarely the old skinflint suffered another. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z That's right; throw in my teeth what I wanted to do in order to help you along, and call me an old skinflint. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z It is true Gage and I quarreled, and I believe I once threatened to give the old skinflint a beating. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Ratty's a fine feller, but his pa's the meanest old skinflint that ever drawed the breath of life. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z The old skinflint who lives there says he can't sell it. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Most of the playing members were disgusted with the two old skinflints, and one effect of this sentiment manifested itself in the number of invitations that Perkins received to play golf with real people. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z “Mayn’t a fellow walk into his own house, or rather into old Sievers’—infernal old skinflint that he is—hasn’t had that chimney put right yet!” The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z "Have you usually found me a hard-hearted old skinflint?" asked the Squire reproachfully. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z To think of those screws trying to blackmail you, and then telling me you were a skinflint because you wouldn't do what they wanted! The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z "Perhaps that old skinflint who lives there doesn't own it," she suggested. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z The skinflint seeks to save, even while he bestows. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z In a word, I should not have gone to the office if I had not hoped to meet the accountant, and perhaps squeeze a little advance out of this skinflint. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Mrs. Wrenn was never seen, and those who knew the skinflint ways of her entertainers suspected trouble and presently confided their fears to the young doctor of the neighborhood. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z I therefore keep him in my house, and would be bail for him were he twenty times more of a skinflint than he seems to be.” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z "I think," Mrs. Ladue remarked, "that I could tell you why your old skinflint couldn't sell it." Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Warren Gamaliel Harding’s incoming skinflint presidential administration was already publicly hostile to continued Air Mail Service support. | Air Mail Arrives 2011-02-23T22:55:27Z That old skinflint said I hadn't any business runnin' cows jest before they was milked! Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z There was one here who is a skinflint. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z But, still, you're an old coward, afraid of your own shadow, and a skinflint into the bargain! Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Two or three days after the wedding, Radonic brought his girlish bride to live with his mother, the veriest old shrewish skinflint that could be imagined. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z You’re just like your father, who was one of the worst skinflints I ever knew!” The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z “The old skinflint never paid me for the ad either!” Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z Germans tend to get stereotyped as a country of skinflints who always seem to be girding themselves for the next crisis. Encouraging Germans to Spend More Not an Easy Task 2010-06-14T19:25:00Z He would have one he declared, whatever old Hobby might say, the skinflint—who would not let poor Jeremy have a single goldpiece of all he had won for him by his own strong hands. Deep Moat Grange Some people call me hard as nails, a regular skinflint. Where the Path Breaks "He is a skinflint; a poor stingy bit of a clockmaker!" said Annele, indignantly. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. “When Burmaster built his house, the old skinflint didn’t calculate on getting a haunt to go with it,” the editor chuckled. Hoofbeats on the Turnpike 2010-12-20T17:11:45.463Z If Higgs don't like two of us being away from the counter the old skinflint knows what he can do! Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole That’s owing to the hint I gave Colonel Allen when that young skinflint made his talk. Corporal 'Lige's Recruit A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga "He is an old skinflint," she exclaimed, "a stupid, petty clockmaker." Edelweiss A Story I don’t like to speak ill of the dead, Mr. Headland, sir, but this I must say: A rare old skinflint was Mr. Septimus Nosworth—wouldn’t part with a groat unless un was forced to. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories “Yes,” said Harrison, “the skinflint thief would not stand more than the half, for which he merits the most infinite certainty of non-payment.” Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 “Serves him right, the old skinflint, after the mean way he’s kept us away from the lake!” growled Bob Gibson. Under Boy Scout Colors When one gives, one ought to give right plentifully and not like that skinflint. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors I was afraid my mother might suffer in consequence, with such a skinflint. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun And it's not so much because he is the son of that old skinflint, neither. Ancestors A Novel Abominable skinflint!--old amorous goose!--motley fool, with the cap and bells over your ears! The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II And if you can’t lift it, then leave it for another trip, and bullyrag those skinflints at H. M. & Co.’s to send a man down to help you. Gold The old skinflint never hands out a swig to any of us, though. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The old skinflint of a farmer then had the audacity to discharge me, saying that he “didn’t want no dood from the city monkeyin’ around in the way, nohow.” Confessions of a Neurasthenic The latter looked so good and benevolent that people called him "The Patriarch," but he was at heart a genuine skinflint, for whose meanness Pancks got all the credit. Tales from Dickens He has never played, at all events since he has been in Paris, and you need not be astonished at our surprise when we saw the old skinflint come to the table. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II “The old skinflint won’t miss it as much as I would a penny,” declared our faithful handmaiden. Our Next-Door Neighbors He had refused every bait and lived more or less alone in the big old mansion he had inherited from his skinflint mother. In a Little Town The old skinflint has refused to lend it to your father or Tom, but perhaps he'll not refuse you if you ask him. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties It's as dry as a fossil bone there so his skinflint company cut corners on the stainless steel. The Velvet Glove “It comes hard to work for the old skinflint,” declared Bobolink, “but I s’pose we’re bound to forget everything but that some one’s stuff is in danger, and that we belong to the scouts!” The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats “And I agree with you,” he added presently, in a quiet voice: “I was a skinflint for fair!” Hepsey Burke They say he is rich, and a skinflint. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast The old skinflint might as well have kept his money for all the good it will do us. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Upon a certain date, years earlier, the belligerent young elder had tramped into a managers' meeting, denounced a money-saving scheme of Manager Graham's, and called the assembled brethren all misers and skinflints. The End of the Rainbow I’ll warrant he thinks you are a skinflint, and will take care of his money.” The Scarlet Feather But I would not have you misunderstand me: though it was for me to call myself a skinflint for that act, it was not for you to do so. Hepsey Burke No worse than any other old skinflint who feels he owns you, body and brains," replied Albert, "but I do not want to talk about him to-night. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast I know him for a skinflint who will deny the King. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel I really don't know what a fellow's to do now, Rod, that's the truth, when he's doing business for a skinflint like Sandy Graham. The End of the Rainbow I call it getting a bit on account by forcing the hand of a skinflint. The Scarlet Feather He’s a skinflint—always closer than hair to a dog’s back; but I don’t believe I’ve ever known him do somethin’ downright ugly, like this.” Hepsey Burke Now it will cost the old skinflint a very big sum if he wants to see the light of day again! The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance It's well to be a miserly old skinflint to have the State providing troopers at the ratepayers' expense to watch over one. The Rider of Waroona “I always reckoned you was a skinflint,” yelled one of the party. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Behind my back you’ve always called me a skinflint, a miser, a villain. The Scarlet Feather The old skinflint wasn’t doin’ no work, ’e wasn’t, and ’e lived on ’ere from year to year, a-payin’ ’is bills like a Christian gent, and it stands to reason there’s money ’id somewheres. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern I’d give a pretty good deal to get even with that old skinflint, I would that. Antony Gray,—Gardener No wonder that old skinflint, your uncle, wanted to buy it. The Erie Train Boy Ah! she’s a sweet young thing, Miss Keane; and though the father is a skinflint, he’s wealthy, and I’ll make him settle a bit before I give my ancient name away. As We Sweep Through The Deep It is Sunday morning, the bells are ringing, and Juan-beg-Marry-a-thruss, a rascally old skinflint, is coming along with a basket. The Little Manx Nation - 1891 And when, I’d like to know, would skinflint Amos Tingley, the miser, ever destroy a silver coin by pounding it into a ball to load a gun? Blue Ridge Country “Don’t you let him get away with anything,” said she, “let him feel that a woman with your beauty didn’t have to marry a skinflint.” The Goose Man Some even went so far as to call him "a miserly skinflint." Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Even Jim Blaisdell who, in his cashier's office, was held a skinflint and a keen judge of men, was cordiality itself when David went to him with a note for discount. The House of Toys I want's t' talk t' the ol' skinflint you got aboard there. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. "Not want it!" exclaimed the old skinflint, taken all aback by this announcement. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock And you will observe that when the meanest skinflint or the most disgracefully avaricious millionaire dies, his tombstone never refers to his most notorious characteristics. A Circuit Rider's Wife I knew you was a skinflint when Amelia married you and you've made her as bad as yourself. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 A skinflint too mean to buy a drink! The Lady Doc He owns most of the houses in this street, you know, and is a regular skinflint. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Billy had a raise from his old skinflint of a boss a month back. The Straw That old skinflint, Dr. Harper, who is running the sanitarium, has a place he calls his Guest House, and when folks come to see their nutty relations he sees to it that they stop there. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman The folk-tales of all lands delight to gird at misers and skinflints, to place them in unpleasant positions, and to gloat over the sufferings which attend their death and embitter their ghostly existence. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Darry had to bite his lips harder than ever to keep from telling the skinflint just what he thought of him. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast He had been widely exploited as a "character"; in reality he had been a merciless old skinflint, with a supreme disregard for the rights or pleasures of others. The Paternoster Ruby "Oh, let the old skinflint go," said Fred, "there isn't any way of reaching him, any way." The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Had he not made her wise as to the general unworthiness of Dr. Harper and his skinflint methods of never throwing business to the hands of the local hotel keeper? Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman That old skinflint, Mrs. Moulsey, at "the shop," she had been all sugar and sweets then. Bessie Costrell "He is a mean skinflint, and half the village knows it." The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle "So it was you in there with old skinflint all that time." The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life How the old skinflint has changed—instead of screaming his head off about spending money he's actually offering to. The Galaxy Primes By the way," said Seth, "the old skinflint will be after us, sure as guns. The Drummer Boy Do not you know that the Heer Governor is at royal odds with Dominie Curtius because the skinflint old dominie will not pay the taxes due the town? Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know So you wouldn't trust me for two cents, you old Elk skinflint, wouldn't you. Tom Slade at Temple Camp Abner Withers, town miser, note-shaver and skinflint, was the one man on the board of directors of the bank whom I had always most cordially detested. Branded His eyes narrowed, and all the native shrewdness of an adept skinflint appeared in his face. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont "He is still the same skinflint he was then." How Women Love (Soul Analysis) If he ever comes courting around here I'll be tempted to do something desperate, the old skinflint. Dick the Bank Boy Or, A Missing Fortune Then and there, that lawyer gave Anne a thick envelope and Wade gave me a little box,—a little bit of a box that I wish I'd kept to bury the old skinflint in. From the Housetops The greatest old skinflint in London—she charges me sixpence a day for having my breakfast in bed, and——" "Well, you will soon be out of it," interrupted her son impetuously, "and so shall I! The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma “The cheating old skinflint,” as he mentally termed that worthy pillar of the church, had, he was sure, bamboozled the girl into buying a well-nigh worthless property, at a scandalous price. An Alabaster Box "You have seen that fellow; he is worth twelve millions, and is the meanest skinflint I ever met." The Awakening The Resurrection It's fitting that I call Carter what he is, and he's a skinflint. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance He needs a good lesson, the old skinflint. The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership I guess I know his pa, a mean old skinflint, if ever there was one. Rod of the Lone Patrol Yes, that's so; but Harker only shook that long head of his, and refused me; and nothing I could say would change the old skinflint's mind either. Adrien Leroy My speaking of Whitehall had greatly reassured him; and now this offer of mine made up his mind; for he was something of a skinflint in some respects. Oddsfish! "Don't let that old skinflint get you down." Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance Faith," said a third spokesman, "and that wouldn't be the case if that skinflint barge of Lindsay's had got it in her clutches. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One There were many of the old shipowners and shipmasters generous in all their dealings with their men; but my experience compels me to say that a great number of them were heartless skinflints. Windjammers and Sea Tramps What do I care!" he sneered, losing his temper; "we're in the clutches of a vulgar, skinflint Dutchman, and he'll wring us dry whether or not we curse him out. The Younger Set The grand skinflint, the master usurer of the time, Jean V, duke of Brittany, refused to publish the edict in his states, but, underhandedly, notified all those of his subjects who dealt with Gilles. Là-bas As for Pastor Spardek, I would cheerfully have killed the old skinflint. Atlantida It wasn't two weeks after Bill died till that old skinflint went tramping up there and staked that placer claim. Buffalo Roost "Take me to jail, but not to that old skinflint." Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck "I've been wondering how such an old skinflint as Gridley ever got the money loose to have his portrait done by—" A laugh went around the group at the idea. Hillsboro People "Curse you for a young skinflint!" said Hogan, scowling. Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake I could have put it back if the old skinflint hadn't got to sniffing round and sicked 'em on my books. Every Soul Hath Its Song On the screw again, the old skinflint—I know him. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890 Won't raise me to three quid a week, the old skinflint. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 That old skinflint, Mrs. Moulsey, at 'the shop,' she had been all sugar and sweets then. The Story of Bessie Costrell Brought up with all the ideas of a rural skinflint, he thought no decent person could object to marrying an ugly bad-tempered woman, so long as she had plenty of money. The Torrent Entre Naranjos I told you not to ask the old skinflint. Every Soul Hath Its Song He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt. Main Street He had earned for himself the reputation of an awful skinflint, of a miser in the matter of living. To-morrow Well, up comes the old skinflint in his buggy. The Price She Paid If that little scamp of a boy hadn't even got round him—Streeter, the skinflint! Just David Old Ingram, the old skinflint, he opened up like—like a oyster. Every Soul Hath Its Song If he is an old skinflint, you've got to remember he could have sold us out last year, only I succeeded in begging off. The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage "Ah!" says the wretched editor in his farewell address, "if I could but write the obituary of several of the miserable skinflints of this town." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 13, June 25, 1870 He sighed,—though not very deeply,—and continued, with a hiatus: "They would have wedded me to Lucius Rossmore, and I could not—I could not—" "That skinflint! that palsied goat!" the marquis growled. The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages What do you suppose the old skinflint answered? The Jew and Other Stories "And me lying here hatin' him for a skinflint and his store for a bloodsucker and the Aid Society for a fake!" Every Soul Hath Its Song "To think that those skinflints have not even brought a bunch of violets for their mother!" L'Assommoir "Well, I believe I prefer them to skinflints." Cæsar or Nothing Better be under him than under the shrivelled skinflint of France, who wore his fine robes as though they galled him. Grisly Grisell "Then hoad on and break the grasping skinflint!" said one of the younger men. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Think o' that old skinflint buying nearly two bottles of whiskey! The Heart of the Range "To blazes with your ivory," shouted a grizzled old fireman, "do you think we are going to perish aboard here for such an old skinflint as you?" The Boy Aviators in Africa He had always felt a great repugnance for that sharpers' and skinflints' business; but he yielded to please Amparito, and set up his office and took an assistant who was very skillful in legal tricks. Cæsar or Nothing Ignorant or indifferent charity is often as mischievous in its results as the wicked greed of the skinflint and the miser. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor The father of the young airman had been a noted balloonist, and when he died a mean old skinflint named Silas Warner had been appointed Dave's guardian. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane Now, good Mr. Glegg himself was stingy in the most amiable manner; his neighbors called him "near," which always means that the person in question is a lovable skinflint. The Mill on the Floss "And this million should be annually raised in form of a tax on those abominable misers who, possessors of enormous fortunes, shall be arraigned, tried, and convicted of living like skinflints," added Lucenay. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 That's the sort of a story you fellows always put up, you skinflints from Boston. A Fool and His Money He's a regular skinflint, but I suppose, if you say it will be all right about the money, I'll have to take your word for it. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest It would serve the skinflints right if we upset the bride into a ditch!' Tales of the Punjab They simply regarded the indemnity as the skinflint payment of an overdue debt, and the message as no more than the thanks they had well deserved. The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 If your stepmother was a man we'd describe her as a skinflint. Viola Gwyn Then you are dependent upon this old skinflint's bounty," answered the lawyer, "for you have no profession, no backing, no capital. The Midnight Passenger : a novel This old skinflint is opening his bosom and handing me a knife. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story He was a skinflint, and he made money—they say he burned the plant down for the insurance, but I don't know. Samuel the Seeker Now, plague on ye," he muttered, "for a cunning auld skinflint! that, because ye are an honest man yoursell, forsooth, must needs deal with all the world as if they were knaves. The Fortunes of Nigel She sets out immediately to prove to the world that he is a miser, a skinflint who never gave her more than the bare necessities of life. Green Fancy Old Hatch is a mean skinflint, and wouldn't pay me half what I was worth. Try and Trust "I know an old skinflint by that name," corrected Dove. Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home Pa is the worst old skinflint in Connecticut, and never even gave me a bag of peanut candy without getting a double equivalent. The Motormaniacs There are seasons when I grant grand bounty but when abused I turn skinflint . NATURAE I counted up, from one end of the street to the other, that there were living in it seven skunks, fourteen low whelps, eight mean hounds and two dirty skinflints. The Hohenzollerns in America "I could never be a miser or a skinflint." After a Shadow and Other Stories Does he look like Scrooge or Shylock or some old skinflint who—" here he faced Cohen, his eyes brimming with merriment—"What are we going to do with this blasphemer, Isaac? Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero Two can play at that game—you old skinflint, you! Will Warburton I'd have sworn she was nothing but a skinflint and a lying old witch. The Nether World ‘My betters!’ said Harold—‘an old skinflint like Farmer Shepherd’s old woman?’ Friarswood Post Office You had better leave it to him; he is not such a skinflint as our benevolent associations. Mr. Hogarth's Will Besides all this the Emperor is a skinflint. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words I knew you was a skinflint when Amelia married you, and you've made her as bad as yourself. Rilla of Ingleside I'm nothing but a disgusting old skinflint to be made a convenience of by designing women and fool managers of my works, am I? Heartbreak House The worst of these Bishops is that they are all skinflints, saving for their families; their cuisine is bad and their Port-wine execrable, and as for their cigars—. The Life of George Borrow This town is filled with a lot of old skinflints. Main-Travelled Roads Often, when complaining of her father, she said to Foma: "You will also be just such a skinflint." The Man Who Was Afraid They do say you are a skinflint, yes, and a hard man. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment He's the meanest skinflint that ever strained skim milk. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights "He's just as much a born bully as he is a cheat and a skinflint." The Depot Master "And faith," said he, "a Count and a chariot-and-six is better than an old skinflint with a cudgel." Catherine: a Story They were not skinflints like those of to-day; they spent their money royally, those fellows! The Village Rector "Mean old skinflint!" exclaimed Rod excitedly, all the incipient manhood rising in his ten-year-old breast. Story of Waitstill Baxter Old skinflint!" said the danseuse, who was crying, "will you let your own nephew be dishonored,—the son of the man to whom you owe your fortune?—for his name is Oscar Husson. A Start in Life There were yet other solutions; Father Goriot was a skinflint, a shark of a money-lender, a man who lived by selling lottery tickets. Father Goriot "It is a pity that that old skinflint should be in the way of both your fortunes; and he about to fling you over, too!" Catherine: a Story Charley," said I, "you are a wicked old fraud, a miserly skinflint, a miserable land crab. South Sea Tales "He's a regular old skinflint!" cried Mark, getting out of the wagon and walking beside her. Story of Waitstill Baxter Makes me sick to think of Lyte carrying off most of the profit when I did all the work, the old skinflint! Babbitt He never thought of taking me anywhere, the old skinflint. Father Goriot Because I know you, and know that you are a regular skinflint. Dead Souls It's disgusting; he IS just becoming a skinflint! Four Short Stories By Emile Zola You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints—fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck. Dead Souls I said to him outright: 'You and the Collector of Taxes are the two greatest skinflints in the town.' Dead Souls |
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