tight as Dick's hatband

English

Alternative forms

tighter than Dick's hatband

Etymology

A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband

Phrase

as tight as Dick's hatband

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

Synonyms

(very tight-fitting): clingy, figure-hugging, tight-fitting; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
(very tight with money): miserly, niggardly, s; see also Thesaurus:stingy

References

“hatband, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.

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