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tight as Dick's hatband

tight as Dick's hatband phrase: very tight-fitting.

Phrase

as tight as Dick's hatband

  1. (colloquial, dated, now principally US) Very tight-fitting.
  2. (colloquial, dated, now principally US) Very tight with money, very stingy.
    • She's sharp as a tack when she wants to be and still tight as Dick's Hatband about her money.2014, C.B. McKenzie, Bad Country, page 108
    Synonyms:
    miserly

Synonyms of tight as Dick's hatband

Forms of tight as Dick's hatband

alternative formtighter than Dick's hatband

Origin of tight as Dick's hatband

A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband.

Questions about tight as Dick's hatband

What does tight as Dick's hatband mean?
Tight as Dick's hatband means very tight-fitting.
What part of speech is tight as Dick's hatband?
Tight as Dick's hatband is a phrase.

Words near tight as Dick's hatband in the dictionary

  1. tight as a drum
  2. tight as a duck's arse
  3. tight as a duck's ass
  4. tight as a gnat's chuff
  5. tight as a tick
  6. tight as Dick's hatband
  7. tight building syndrome
  8. tight end
  9. tight ends
  10. tight five
  11. tight fives

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