What is the origin of the idiom "tight fit" meaning a good joke?

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Solution 1:

A Collection of College Words and Customs (1851) by Benjamin Homer Hall says:

TIGHT FIT. At the University of Vermont, a good joke is denominated by the students a tight fit, and the jokee is said to be " hard up."

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