tightwad

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Obambi is married to a shrew who is a tightwad, and helps hospitals kick out poor patients.

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  • Besides, Pete was a tightwad, and he made sure you couldn't get into or out of the fete without passing the cash-points. —  EQMM,January2006
  • McCain set about establishing a conservative voting record and a reputation as a tightwad with taxpayer dollars. —  Macleans.ca
  • They note that they found different tightwad-spendthrift ratios in other groups they studied - about 3,000 people who were surveyed on campus and through the Web sites of other media companies. —  TierneyLab
  • Granted that Sony happens to be the biggest tightwad company in the world (please name any other company that may be greedier). —  TG Daily - All News
  • Liz Kay developed her tightwad tendencies decades ago, convincing her parents to get her a subscription to Consumer Reports as a pre-teen. —  Blog updates
 

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