tight-fisted

[ tahyt-fis-tid ]
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adjective
  1. parsimonious; stingy; tight.

Origin of tight-fisted

1
First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby tight-fisted

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How to use tight-fisted in a sentence

  • Only they would rather have died than have applied to the Lorilleuxs, for they knew they were too tight-fisted.

    L'Assommoir | Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for tightfisted

tightfisted

/ (ˌtaɪtˈfɪstɪd) /


adjective
  1. mean; miserly

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