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definition

short arms, deep pockets adjective

Mean, stingy

Origin

Applied to Mark in an editorial in Accountancy magazine for daring to question the propriety of a charity for distressed accounting folk

Collector

Mark – 1980s
Mark Iliff – owner

Notes

My view was (and is) that a chartered accountants’ benevolent fund must seem to the public not unlike a society for the relief of law-breaking lawyers
—M

See also

tight as a crab’s arse under water

Submitted: 08/03/2021 by Mark ● Last updated: 22/12/2024 01:02 by Mark

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