[ US /ˈtaɪtˌwɑd/ ]
[ UK /tˈa‍ɪtwɒd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a miserly person
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How To Use tightwad In A Sentence

  • He portrays himself as a tightwad who is tight on the purse, spends nothing, drops taxes, and holds back on expenditure.
  • So here's to hoping his replacement in 2012 has a little more realistic definition of the word "tightwad. Man of the Middle?
  • I am a notorious tightwad and I will avoid paying for a haircut for as long as possible.
  • ‘It means he's calling you a tightwad,’ Joe supplies helpfully.
  • Stop being a tightwad and go to an internet cafe.
  • 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
  • He portrays himself as a tightwad who is tight on the purse, spends nothing, drops taxes, and holds back on expenditure.
  • The tax code attracts tightwads and big spenders alike.
  • 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. Brent Kessel: It's Not About The Money
  • Of course, we can't just dump the blame for the fact we live in filth on tightwad councillors; some responsibility has to be shouldered by the litterbugs who think nothing of dropping their junk where they stand.
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