Crossword clues for cheapskate
cheapskate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also cheap skate, "miserly person," 1896, from cheap (adj.), second element perhaps from American English slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), which is of uncertain origin.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who stingy avoids spending money. 2 By extension, someone who doesn't give freely.
WordNet
n. a miserly person [syn: tightwad]
Wikipedia
Cheapskate is a US-only single from Britpop band Supergrass' second album In It For The Money that rose to #35 for four weeks on the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. While being only a 7" promotional single, it has an accompanying music video, that was, for an unknown reason, left off the Supergrass Is 10 DVD.
The song is said by the band themselves to have drawn influences from Kool & The Gang.
"Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)" is the first single released from the Sporty Thievz debut album, Street Cinema. Produced by Ski, the songs lyrics are similar to that of their follow-up smash hit, " No Pigeons", with the song making reference to the fact that the members are not willing to buy expensive materials for any women. The original made it to both the R&B and rap charts.
A remix entitled "Even Cheaper" was also released as a single. It was also produced by Ski and featured verses from female rappers, Liz Leite and Mocha Latte. It also made it to the Billboard charts, peaking at 27 on the Hot Rap Singles.
Usage examples of "cheapskate".
Zoyd was both a certified pizzamaniac and a cheapskate, but not once had he ever hustled Prairie for one nepotistic slice of the Bodhi Dharma product.
The oversize head projected at the top of the pedestal followed each approaching donor with a steely programmed gaze, smiling at the hefty contributions and intimidating the cheapskates with a scowl.
How could he treat his workers in this cavalier and also cheapskate fashion?
The Button Factory, by a cheapskate devotee or else a mildly crazy one.
Let us go to the castle and see what the parties there will give us for taking care of these cheapskates behind the sandbags.
Latest idea was whisky but combined with other small gift so as not to seem cheapskate or anonymous-possibly combined with tangerines and chocolate coins, depending on whether Jude decided Christmas Stocking conceit over-cute to point of nausea or terrifyingly smart in its Post-Modernity.
Then, with eyes narrowed, she added, “Listen, if that welching cheapskate bookie sent you around to pull some kind of razzle-dazzle on me, you can just scram while you're able to do it under your own power.
In private, he said that he who pays the piper calls the tune, and since the rest of them were such cheapskates they’.