- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
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“Although he cuts great splashes with his entertainments, and is rolling in money, he has the reputation of being the most close-fisted screw extant.”
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
It is on record that he got five pounds from the close-fisted old lady Queen Charlotte, and two guineas from the royal profligate her eldest son.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
He who is close-fisted shall be treated in a like manner.
From Arabian Wisdom by John Wortabet
I ain't a close-fisted chap, especially when I'm fond of anybody.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Even so variously informed a person as the author of "A Short History of the English People," published in 1875, speaks of the "close-fisted Franklin."
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
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