tight-wad

Example Sentences

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It was true that Sweet was a "tight-wad," as the boys expressed it.

From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.

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

Badger Billy, being notorious even among his fellows as a tight-wad, swallowed hard, but he produced a small roll of bills and extracted the newest twenty he could find.

From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph

"Was Clarence a tight-wad?" asked Sube with interest.

From Sube Cane by Partridge, Edward Bellamy

I just tell you what," he resumed, "no one yet ever called Georgie Calendar a tight-wad.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph