"tight as Dick's hatband" meaning in English

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Phrase

Forms: as tight as Dick's hatband [canonical]
Etymology: A variant of the phrase Dick's hatband Etymology templates: {{m|en|Dick's hatband}} Dick's hatband Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=as tight as Dick's hatband}} as tight as Dick's hatband
  1. (colloquial, now principally US, dated) Very tight, whether
    Very tight-fitting.
    Tags: colloquial, dated Synonyms: figure-hugging, tight-fitting, close-fitting, niggardly, s, stingy, tighter than Dick's hatband Synonyms (very tight-fitting): clingy
    Sense id: en-tight_as_Dick's_hatband-en-phrase-3q9FUqxB Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English similes, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English similes: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'very tight-fitting': 75 25
  2. (colloquial, now principally US, dated) Very tight, whether
    Very tight with money, very stingy.
    Tags: colloquial, dated
    Sense id: en-tight_as_Dick's_hatband-en-phrase-EiPCTNpq Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (very tight with money): miserly
Disambiguation of 'very tight with money': 46 54

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