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Skinflint is not an American expression describing a parsimonious “gun toter” saving money by “skinning” his flint with his knife to avoid buying a new one.
In the minds of the skinflint progressives, spending money one does not have is a form of moral depravity.
A fellow who “skinned his flint” was looked upon as being a parsimonious, penny-pinching, stingy cheapskate—a veritable skinflint.
skinflint In many parts of early America, necessities such as flint were scarce.