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: Very tight-fitting. Very tight with money, very stingy. ==== 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: Oxford University Press, March 2017.