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tight⋅wad

  [tahyt-wod]
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–noun Informal.
a close-fisted or stingy person.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; tight + wad 1
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tight·wad   (tīt'wŏd')   
n.   Slang
A miser.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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tightwad 
"parsimonious person," 1900, from tight in the sense of "close-fisted" (1805) + wad. The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Mod.Gk. sphiktos "greedy," lit. "tight."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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