tight as Dick's hatband

phrase

Very tight-fitting.

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clingyfigure-huggingtight-fittingniggardlysmiserly
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Meanings

phraseas tight as Dick's hatband

alternative tighter than Dick's hatband

  1. Very tight, whether:
    1. colloquialdatednow principally USVery tight-fitting.

      Synonyms: clingy, figure-hugging, tight-fitting, niggardly, s

    2. colloquialdatednow principally USVery 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 & antonyms

phraseVery tight-fitting.

Similar
clingyfigure-huggingtight-fittingniggardlys

phraseVery tight with money, very stingy.

Similar
miserly

Origin

A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband.

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Chicago

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