cheap Charlie
(US, Australia, Southeast Asia, slang) A cheapskate, a miser.
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#1·Apr 26, 2026
(US, Australia, Southeast Asia, slang) A cheapskate, a miser.
Origin: See cheap and Charlie; 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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