- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
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"I'm not close-fisted, either; I'm willing to share the profits with you as long as you've any use for them."
From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson
"There's many a poor thing has no father, close-fisted or no, to fall back upon."
From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.
Washington was accused of being close-fisted, but some one takes the ground that a man must close his fist if there is something in it that others were seeking by illegitimate means to get.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
In fact, his appearance was quite the reverse of pleasing, but he was an honest, close-fisted man, I dare say.’
From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
But Hill, the narrow-minded and close-fisted man that he was, only looked cross, and sourly asked, "What did they cost?"
From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark
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