Meanings of tightwad in English

I know you got to be a tightwad with your commitments.

Mrs. Gidding tells him later that he gave the impression of being a tightwad.

He was a tightwad and the dowry a sticking point.

Till I see your apartment then I think you're the biggest tightwad who ever lived.

The old tightwad better not die on me now.

Think I'm so unreliable and tightwad that you've got to tie me down with a contract?

You're the worst tightwad I ever saw.

Or maybe you're convinced that vengeful co-workers or a tightwad boss are holding you back in the workplace.

While a general propensity for saving is an appealing thing to potential partners, being a tightwad definitely is not.

I loved the look of the BabyBjörn, always had, but the tightwad in me went for the $20 version instead.

He takes out a ten-dollar bill, and he stuffs it into my hand and says 'Ma, you're the worst tightwad I ever saw.'

When they reached the vestibule the inspector said, The tightwad next door didn't leave anything, so we put his five cases in your compartment.

These range from the experienced and infinitely charming high tipper to the boorish tightwad who compares you unfavourably to every other prostitute he's been with.

Too much of a tightwad to spend $60,000 on a top class ticket for a cruise over the dateline with Tony Bennett and Rita Moreno?

You've forgotten what a lot of tightwads and petty swindlers they are.

You'd be difficult, too, if you had to try to do business with a bunch of tightwads.