What's the difference between pelter and skinflint?
Pelter
Definition:
(n.) One who pelts.
(n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint.
Example Sentences:
(1) Smyth is going to give me pelters for this, Millings.
(2) Algeria have taken the opposite tack to South Korea's toffee pelters , the press lauding Les Verts as heroes and shuffling together a petition to persuade Vahid Halilhodzic to stay on as coach, as Rob Bleaney reports : The Algerian coach is set to leave his position after the tournament, having endured a long-running battle with some sections of the media.
(3) He's been getting pelters from the crowd, as you'd expect.
(4) I got pelters for this when I wrote it on ma blog in 2006, but I reckon football needs bigger pitches.
(5) For fans who have had pelters for acting up down the years, they're taking this with good grace.
Skinflint
Definition:
(n.) A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Skinflints and mixtape collectors are taking on the world's vinyl fetishists with the arrival of the first-ever Cassette Store Day.
(2) The Treasury's carefully crafted riposte, spelled out in the autumn statement green book last week, is that rather than a tale of skinflint employers and their downtrodden staff, the weakness of take-home pay is a consequence of the increased cost to employers of providing staff pensions, and paying higher national insurance contributions after the rate rose under Labour.
(3) She had a reputation for being a skinflint and Burns wrote on her death: Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation!
(4) Mervyn Kohler, special adviser for Help the Aged, said the chancellor had delivered "a truly skinflint package for the UK's older citizens".