Skin Flint (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Skin Flint

An avaricious man or woman,

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Skin-1 * Skink

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

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Six and Tips
Sixes and Sevens
Size of Ale
To Size
Sizar
Skew
Skewvow
Skin
Skin-1
Skin Flint
Skink
Skins
Skip Jacks
Skip Kennel
Skipper
To Skit
Skit
Skrip
Skulker
Sky Blue