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tight ass

rude slang A disparaging term for an extremely frugal person; a miser. Primarily heard in US. Don't even bother asking Jerry to donate to your charity. He's a real tight ass and never gives a dime to anybody.
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As he eased into his commission-earning spiel about the need for me to buy an extended warranty, I was thinking "It's a bogstandard dishwasher, which will break down in a few years, and if it's so unreliable why were you just singing its praises?" Spotting my grimacing face, he said: "I'll give you three months' free cover", and because I didn't want to be seen as a thief or a tight-ass I signed the direct debit form, and left the shop feeling like I'd just been sodomised over my (yet-to-bedelivered) Indesit IDF 125.
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