Scrooge
Scrooge noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.
Usage example: her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it
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Skinflint
Skinflint noun - A mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money.
Usage example: the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent
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Skinflint and Scrooge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/scrooge/skinflint
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