tight-fisted
parsimonious; stingy; tight.
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How to use tight-fisted in a sentence
All of this was unsurprising: the terrifically wealthy singer is both notoriously prickly and embarrassingly tight-fisted.
Bigmouth Strikes Again: Smiths Bassist Andy Rourke Tells All | Michael Moynihan | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOh, but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge!
Christmas-Tide | Elizabeth HarrisonThis Cobb man is a tight-fisted old bachelor, they say, but his milk of human kindness may not be all skimmed.
Thankful's Inheritance | Joseph C. LincolnIf he was tight-fisted wanst, he was as close now as calcimine on a rough-finished wall.
Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen | Finley Peter DunneEvery angle of his was a right angle, even if he did grow a bit tight-fisted sometimes for his family's sake.
The Reclaimers | Margaret Hill McCarter
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
/ (ˌtaɪtˈfɪstɪd) /
mean; miserly
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