Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A miser.
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- noun One who is
stingy or overlycautious ordefensive withmoney (usually mildlyderisive ).
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- noun a miserly person
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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 [
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On today's show we've got Jay Shaff - gay photographer and long term tightwad here to share with us his quic [
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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 [
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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 [
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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 [
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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.
A Tangled Web 2010
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He even muses about incorporating the 'tightwad' theme into his business a bit more.
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So here's to hoping his replacement in 2012 has a little more realistic definition of the word "tightwad."
Man of the Middle? 2011
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Unfortunately for Republicans, that kind of tightwad economics rightly died in the Keynesian revolution over 70 years ago.
Ian Fletcher: Why the Budget Is the Wrong Thing to Fight About Ian Fletcher 2011
slumry commented on the word tightwad
Stringency with avarice.
July 12, 2007