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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Here's another... #61597 03/18/2002 1:26 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas Abagogo stranger Abagogo stranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas maybe you someone can shed light on the origin of this phrase/word: skin-flint Nobody stranger Nobody stranger Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's another... #61598 03/18/2002 1:43 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia From the "takeourword" site, I got the following... "A skinflint was one who would break a piece of flint down to its thinnest layer or "skin" in order to save a penny (or less!) buying new flint. This term dates from the late 17th century stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's another... #61599 03/18/2002 1:52 PM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas Abagogo stranger Abagogo stranger Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 10 Massachusetts Bay/Bahamas Makes sense. Thanks P.S. What is the address for that site? Nobody stranger Nobody stranger Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Here's another... #61600 03/18/2002 2:18 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia http://www.takeourword.com stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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