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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--skinflint This week's theme: words for body parts used figuratively. skinflint (SKIN-flint) noun Someone who is stingy; a miser. [Flint stones were used in olden times to start a fire. The term skinflint derives from the idea that a miserly person would go to the extreme and "skin a flint" or use a flint till it's as thin as skin.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus. -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "But yesterday, Martha (Stewart) was revealed to have balked at invading her own wallet for even $10 worth of coffee and snacks. Just how much of a skinflint is Martha?" Andrea Peyser; Skinflint Diva: Pennywise But Billions-Foolish; New York Post; Feb 20, 2004. X-Bonus Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you. -Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936)

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