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ˈtight-assed, a. slang.
Also tight-arsed.
[f. tight a. + ass, vulg. and dial. spelling of arse n. + -ed2: see prec.]
a. Of a woman: (see quot. 1903).
b. Unwilling to relax or enjoy oneself, full of inhibitions or constraints; occas. stingy, mean.
1903Farmer & Henley Slang VII. 126/1 Tight-arsed, chaste; close-legged. 1961Partridge Dict. Slang 885/2 Tight-arsed, stingy. 1967J. Orton Diary 28 July in J. Lahr Prick up your Ears (1978) 16, I hate this tight-assed civilization. 1974D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 50 Rough quarterings of pine that even the tight-assed mill owners considered too lean to..ship to Toronto. 1976Listener 15 July 54/4 Me and Gambaccini would like tight-assed British radio to relax a bit. 1981T. Heald Murder at Moose Jaw ix. 112 I'd sooner have an entertaining shit than a tight-arsed saint. |