ˈflay-flint
[See flay v. 6.]
One who is guilty of the worst meanness or extortion for the sake of gain; a skin-flint.
| 1672 Shadwell Miser 1, A pox on this damn'd Flea-flint. 1719 D'Urfey Pills I. 141 The Flea-flints, the Germans strip 'em bare. 1842 Tennyson Walking to Mail, There lived a flayflint near; we stole his fruit, His hens, his eggs. |