tightwad
IPA: tˈaɪtwɑd
noun
- (colloquial, derogatory) One who is stingy; someone overly cautious or defensive with money.
- A village in Missouri.
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Examples of "tightwad" in Sentences
- I am a real tightwad.
- Stop being such a tightwad.
- He is known as a tightwad in his town.
- Get your facts straight, you tightwad.
- As I have noted in the past, I am a tightwad.
- Tightwad is a slang mainly used in US and Canada.
- For that matter, tightwad and cheapskate should also redirect there.
- Being a tightwad such as I am, that is a most blasphemous thing to do.
- He even muses about incorporating the 'tightwad' theme into his business a bit more.
- But, as mums know, there's a difference between running a tight ship and being a tightwad.
- So here's to hoping his replacement in 2012 has a little more realistic definition of the word "tightwad."
- On today's show we've got Jay Shaff - gay photographer and long term tightwad here to share with us his quic [
- Mainstream media will certainly have you thinking that it is those pesky tightwad Republicans holding up a deal.
- Unfortunately for Republicans, that kind of tightwad economics rightly died in the Keynesian revolution over 70 years ago.
- On today's show we've got Jay Shaff - gay photographer and long term tightwad here to share with us his quick and easy tips on saving money and surviving the downt [
- When I first asked myself this question, I realized that I wanted others to see me as generous, although I had been quite frugal, even to the point of being called a tightwad, during most of my financial past.
- One of the drawbacks of reading some item in the Daily, or the Sunday Times, is that due to the fact I am a founder member of the 'tightwad' clan, and will not pay for access past the 'Paywall' if it were the last source of news on the Planet.
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