cheapskate的词源

英文词源

cheapskate (n.)

also cheap skate, "miserly person," 1896, from cheap (adj.), second element perhaps from American English slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), which is of uncertain origin.

中文词源

cheapskate：吝啬鬼

cheap, 廉价的。skate，可鄙的人，词源不详。

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