tightwad

The definition of a tightwad is slang for a cheapskate or a miser.

(noun)

A person who counts every single penny and who never buys gifts, treats others to anything or buys anything nice for himself is an example of a tightwad.

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See tightwad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Slang a stingy person; miser

Origin: tight + wad

See tightwad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
A miser.

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