[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, I. Robin. A pox on this damnd Flea-Flint.
1719. DUrfey, Pills, I. 141.
When bold Dragoons have been pickering there, | |
And 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; but there was law for us. |