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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: From the idea of people who so hate spending money that they would remove the outer part of a stone to try to make some gain

skinflint

 noun
     
skin‧flint [countable] informal
someone who hates spending money or giving it away - used to show disapproval [= miser]
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