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Definition of skinflint : A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

Synonyms:

crosspatch, grouch, taker, piker, peasant, tyke, boor, miser, tightwad, give, scrooge, deadbeat, hunks, cheapskate, freeloader, tike, churl, grump, leech, vulture, penny pincher, stiff, niggard, sponger, barbarian, hoarder, crank

Usage examples:

• Ratty’ s a fine feller, but his pa’ s the meanest old skinflint that ever drawed the breath of life.
• " That old skinflint Jorkins. - "Amusements in Mathematics", Henry Ernest Dudeney.
• I don't mean old skinflint Presby! - "The Plunderer", Roy Norton.