chiseler
Small-time con artist
A chiseler is someone who cheats or swindles, especially through petty schemes or by shaving small amounts off what's owed to others: That chiseler shortchanged me again.
The term derives from the tool—a chisel chips away bit by bit, just as a chiseler nibbles away at money or trust.
Also spelled chiseller.
Professional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- grifterPetty fraud perpetrator
- scammerOne who defrauds others
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
deceiver · trickster · flimflammer · hustler · bamboozler · deadbeat · welsher · bilker
One who shapes rock
- woodworkerTimber craftsperson
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- etcherOne who incises designs
- stonecutterOne who shapes rock
letterer · cabinetmaker · joiner · silversmith · goldsmith · lapidary · artisan · whittler
Stingy wealth hoarder
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
- scroogeMiserly, stingy person
niggard · haggler · freeloader · mooch · cadger · sponger · stingy · pinchpenny
con artist
Professional fraud perpetrator
cheat · deceiver · trickster · flimflammer · hustler · bamboozler · deadbeat · welsher · bilker · mooch
stonemason
One who shapes rock
- woodworkerTimber craftsperson
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- etcherOne who incises designs
stonecutter · letterer · cabinetmaker · joiner · silversmith · goldsmith · lapidary · artisan · whittler · woodcarver
miser
Stingy wealth hoarder
- penny-pincherExcessively frugal person
- skinflintStingy person
- tightwadStingy person, slang
scrooge · niggard · haggler · freeloader · mooch · cadger · sponger · stingy · pinchpenny
engrave
Carve designs permanently
whittle · sculpt · chip · relief · intaglio · woodcut · stipple · sgraffito · fretwork · fluting
mallet
Soft-headed striking tool
stone · relief · bust · statue · monument · inscription · lettering · tombstone · headstone · memorial
- swindlerscon artist, swindler, fraudster, scammer, grifter
- penny pincherscheapskate, miser, penny pincher, penny-pincher, scrooge
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- freeloadersfreeloader, mooch, moocher, sponge, sponger
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
chiselerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
honest broker · mensch · straight arrow · truth-teller · stand-up guy
chiselerphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · giver · altruist · Good Samaritan · patron
- hammer and chisel
- chiseled jawline
- cold chiselHand tool for cutting metal
- wood chiselHand tool for carving
- chisel tipFlat, angled writing edge
- stone chiselTool for carving rock
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