hard-fisted
adjective
stingy; miserly; closefisted.
hardfisted
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a variation of
hard-fisted.
Example Sentences
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Pittsburgh's Mayor Dave Lawrence, a man who came up by the same hardfisted route, is recognized as the No. 1 Democrat.
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Head of the Exposition corporation is a hardfisted, onetime country banker, Robert L. Thornton.
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But when the desperate hours have passed, rival courtiers and politicians complain against the tough little Premier's hardfisted ways, and out he goes.
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Upping of gold requirements was a hardfisted move to correct a defect in the original plan and safeguard the central fund against loss of its gold reserve.
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Last week, hardfisted, hardheaded old Fred Dumaine disdainfully spat on the hot fire stirred up under him at the New Haven's annual meeting.
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