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TO SKIN A FLINT

Definition: TO SKIN A FLINT

TO SKIN A FLINT

1. To be capable of, or guilty of, any expedient or any meanness for making money. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: TO SKIN A FLINT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-i-k-l-n-n-o-s-t-t"

-2 letters: inflations.

-3 letters: inflation, siltation, skinflint.

-4 letters: antlions, finalist, flokatis, fontinas, nitinols, ostinati, sainfoin, sinfonia, stotinka, stotinki, tinfoils.

-5 letters: altoist, anilins, anoints, antlion, fanions, finalis, finials, flokati, fontina, infants, instant, kainits, kaolins, kations, latinos, lattins, liaison, nations, nitinol, oilskin, onanist, solanin, station, talions, tinfoil, titians.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO SKIN A FLINT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      53 4B 49 4E      41      46 4C 49 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01001011 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000110 01001100 01001001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#75 &#73 &#78 &#32 &#65 &#32 &#70 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 004B 0049 004E      0041      0046 004C 0049 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544925345434823524046434854

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
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