Meaning of cheap skate | Babel Free

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

Examples

“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.”

“In the sale shops, the quality of the fastenings is usually proportioned to that of the skate ; but let⟳ the iron⟳ and wood be as common as the learner pleases, he should have⟳ the fastenings good ; and for the common cheap skate they should consist⟳ of a good screw to go up into the heel, and a small bar of iron⟳ across the tread of the foot, an inch forward⟳ from the broadest place⟳, and turned up at the ends to catch⟳ the sole of the boot.”

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