cheap-skate
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."