# skin a flint

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. Go to great lengths to save or gain something, particularly money.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see skin, a, flint.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skin-a-flint