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tightwad

noun as in miser

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Example Sentences

I asked him for a drink, and he couldnt see it, the tightwad!

Id like to have cleaned the old tightwad for a decent roll, while I was at it!

He had been called many things—loan-shark, skinflint, tightwad, pussyfoot—but he had never before been called a flirt.

It is a hard situation for a class that is constitutionally tightwad, often wisely so.

She claims to be generous but actually she is a terrible tightwad.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tightwad, such as: cheapskate, churl, hoarder, moneygrubber, scrooge, and skinflint.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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