Frugal

Word: Frugal

Part of Speech: adjective

The source sentence and page #:
After having baby-sat for every frugal family in town, I eventually hit the mother lode. p. 123

Context clues: She says she hit the mother lode after babysitting for every family in town, i think it means like they were average or they were bad familys that were cheap or something.

Definition:
prudently saving or sparing, not wasteful, entailing little expense

Your Original Sentence:
My frugal manager was short on my paycheck.