close-fisted
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"There's many a poor thing has no father, close-fisted or no, to fall back upon."
From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.
He ain't close-fisted about money matters, I know, for I've had dealin's with him myself, and, besides, you ain't been married to him long enough to have to call on him for anything.'
From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert
His relative was surly and close-fisted, and, as we have said, had no great love for him; moreover, he had more than hinted of late that he preferred his room to his company.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
"It wasn't that he was stingy or close-fisted," explained one of the men who had known Montgomery.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
You've spent a lot of the money you're so close-fisted about, and will have to travel cheap if you mean getting home again.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
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