skinflint

Etymology
From the phrase, from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.

Noun

 * 1) One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
 * 2) * 1842, Gogol, Dead Souls, chapter 4
 * You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:miser