sting-bum, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sting-bum n.

[SE sting + bum n.¹ (1); poss. earlier use of sting v. (3)]

a miser, a mean person.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Sting-bum a Niggard.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.