tight as Dick's hatband
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband
Phrase
- (colloquial, now principally US, dated) Very tight, whether
- Very tight-fitting.
- 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.
- 2014, C.B. McKenzie, Bad Country, page 108:
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.