tight-wad

Example Sentences

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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.

"But I sure do hate to be called a tight-wad," he mused, "especially when I don't deserve it."

From Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank by Barnum, 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 Piper, Margaret Rebecca

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)

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 Scott, Leroy