- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
Britishadjective
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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 L. B. Walford
Especially if she married a close-fisted young business man like Joe Stagg would this be true.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
Washington was accused of being close-fisted, but some one takes the ground that a man must close his fist if there is something in it that others were seeking by illegitimate means to get.
From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill
He was a close-fisted, mysterious old fellow, and—well, I decided to get out.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
A grim landlord, hard creditor, close-fisted patron, and a smileless neighbor who neither gambled nor drank, old Hays, as he was called, while yet scarce fifty, had few acquaintances and fewer friends.”
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin
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