Meaning of cheap-skate | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“Among the programs we listened to were: Jack Benny (who was an awful fiddle player and a cheap-skate), Fred Allen (who had people come⟳ out of doors to Allen's Ally), Fibber McGee and Molly (with a closet stuffed with pots and pans), The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show⟳ (Charlie was a smart-aleck and Mortimer Snerd was a dunce), Burns and Allen (Gracie Allen wasn't very bright either, but she was funny), and Take⟳ It or Leave⟳ It (also called The $64 Question⟳) and when contestants got to the final question⟳ the audience would shout⟳, "You'll be soorrreeeey!"”

“While she performed this mental review⟳ of the local geography, Oates produced another snort. “A measly dollar—what an old cheap-skate!””

“When she went indoors to collect⟳ her handbag, Paul thanked his stars that Peter Frampton should prove⟳ to be a cheap-skate.”

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