tightwad

[ tahyt-wod ]

/ ˈtaɪtˌwɒd /

a close-fisted or stingy person.

Origin of tightwad

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; tight + wad¹

Look here, and Peter winked and tried to look slyAunt Susie is no tightwad.

The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park |Victor Appleton
I'm tightwad, so s'nother guy gets chansh to buy you diamonds.

Joan Thursday |Louis Joseph Vance
You dont have to give anything, but they expect it, you know, and they think youre a tightwad if you dont come across.

Center Rush Rowland |Ralph Henry Barbour
I asked him for a drink, and he couldnt see it, the tightwad!

Cursed |George Allan England

Nor have you ever found a real Muscular who was a "tightwad."

How to Analyze People on Sight |Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict

tightwad

/ (ˈtaɪtˌwɒd) /

slang, mainly US and Canadian a stingy person; miser