English Explanatory Dictionary

skin a flint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Go to great lengths to save or gain something, particularly money.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see skin, a, flint.

Word forms

skin a flint skins a flint skinning a flint skinned a flint

Derived words

skinflint
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