- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
Britishadjective
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I finally learned that an officer was considered by many other officers as a little off color if he was close-fisted and tried to save money out of his pay.
From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by Robert Henderson McKay
This has lost its original meaning of desiring possession of other people's things and is used only in the sense of close-fisted.
From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll
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 J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
He who is close-fisted shall be treated in a like manner.
From Arabian Wisdom by John Wortabet
The close-fisted aristocrat felt himself fairly driven into a corner.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
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