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tighter than wallpaper

tighter than wallpaper adjective: stingy with money.

Adjective

tighter than wallpaper (comparative form only)

  1. (comparative-only, informal) stingy with money

Questions about tighter than wallpaper

What does tighter than wallpaper mean?
Tighter than wallpaper means stingy with money.
What part of speech is tighter than wallpaper?
Tighter than wallpaper is an adjective.

Words near tighter than wallpaper in the dictionary

  1. tightens the purse-strings
  2. tightens the pursestrings
  3. tightens up
  4. tighter
  5. tighter than Dick's hatband
  6. tighter than wallpaper
  7. tightest
  8. tightfisted
  9. tightfistedness
  10. tightfitting
  11. tighthead

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