tight-wad

"Well, if my deal goes through we'll jolt the old tight-wad yet."

The next day, viewing his reduced exchequer, Laurie had ruefully observed that he guessed a dollar would have been enough to give, but Ned had called him a “piker” and a “tight-wad” and other scornful things.

It is not just public borrowing – so-called "sovereign debt" that is a problem – but excess private borrowing in some countries, offset by too much saving among those tight-wad Germans and near neighbours.

The suave hotel manager listens to your complaint and smiles assurance that his guests shall have proper service, but underneath the smile he has a contempt for the "tight-wad," and instructs the cashier always to give the waiters small change so as to make tipping easy for the patrons.

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.