cheap Charlie

短语

词形变化

cheap Charlies 复数 cheap Charlies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cheapskate, a miser.

    澳大利亚 美国 俚语

词源

See cheap and 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 or restaurants, or for prostitutes.

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