cheap Charlie

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cheapskate, a miser. Australia,US,slang

词形变化

cheap Charlies plural

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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