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Walworth said his uncle was a frugal man who hadn't eaten at a restaurant for over 30 years. "He was very tight, and he was very frugal. But he did manage to save a lot of money."
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This sounds more like good old cheapness than frugality to me.
I don't want to take a p*ss at a recently deceases man, but there might be an element of pride and cheapness involved here ("I'm not paying those bastards!"). He obviously had the means to pay the electric company, but didn't.