tight-wad
Example Sentences
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Also, the impecunious spongers at his clubs spread his fame as a "tight-wad" because he refused to let them "stick him up" for even a round of drinks.
From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham
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 Piper, Margaret Rebecca
It's the kind of thing that gives knockers a license to put detectives in the same class as blackmailers—and the old Whey-face himself is a tight-wad.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul
The closest tight-wad in the town will buy a paper if it has his name in it.
From The Cow Puncher by Stead, Robert J. C.
I believe you fixed up to catch me, and make me feel like a tight-wad.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
