See cheap Charlie on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "See cheap & Charlie (“Vietcong”, US military slang), likely originated among US soldiers in Vietnam as a Vietnam War-era military slang to refer to American GIs who were unwilling to spend extravagantly at bars, restaurants, or for prostitutes.",
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"word": "two week millionaire"
},
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"glosses": [
"cheapskate, miser"
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],
"word": "carl"
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{
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"word": "cheapass"
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"word": "cheapie"
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"word": "cheapo"
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"word": "churl"
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"tags": [
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"word": "clutchfist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"slang"
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"word": "el cheapo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "last of the big spenders"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "magpie"
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"word": "miser"
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{
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"word": "moneygrubber"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "muckworm"
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"tags": [
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"word": "nickel nurser"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "niggard"
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"word": "nigon"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "nipcheese"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "nipfarthing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "penny-father"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "penny pincher"
},
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"word": "pickpenny"
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"word": "piker"
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"word": "pinchfist"
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"word": "pinchpenny"
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"word": "scrimp"
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"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "scrooge"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "squirrel"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "skinflint"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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"word": "snudge"
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"word": "tight-arse"
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}
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"etymology_text": "See cheap & Charlie (“Vietcong”, US military slang), likely originated among US soldiers in Vietnam as a Vietnam War-era military slang to refer to American GIs who were unwilling to spend extravagantly at bars, restaurants, or for prostitutes.",
"forms": [
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"word": "two week millionaire"
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"glosses": [
"cheapskate, miser"
],
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"word": "cheapass"
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"word": "cheapie"
},
{
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"word": "cheapskate"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "cheapo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "churl"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "clutchfist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "el cheapo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "last of the big spenders"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "magpie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "miser"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "moneygrubber"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "muckworm"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "nickel nurser"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "niggard"
},
{
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"tags": [
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"word": "nigon"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "nipcheese"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nipfarthing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
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"word": "penny-father"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "penny pincher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "pickpenny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "piker"
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"word": "pinch-gut"
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{
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"word": "pincher"
},
{
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"word": "pinchfist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "pinchpenny"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "scrimp"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "scrooge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "squirrel"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "skinflint"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "snudge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "tight-arse"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:miser",
"word": "tightwad"
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],
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],
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"Vietnam War"
]
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],
"word": "cheap Charlie"
}
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