tight-wad
Example Sentences
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"Well, if my deal goes through we'll jolt the old tight-wad yet."
From The Postmaster by Joseph C. Lincoln
I just tell you what," he resumed, "no one yet ever called Georgie Calendar a tight-wad.
From The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance
He didn't want Elsie to think he was a tight-wad, or worse still suspect him of being broke.
From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Margaret Rebecca Piper
After all he had said about his father being a "tight-wad" Marty found that it positively hurt to spend more for a thing than he believed it was worth.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Corinne Turner
Married to a man I didn't love, and who didn't love me, but who was a tight-wad and who wouldn't let me go unless he saw a lot of money in it for him.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
