- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
Britishadjective
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Perhaps she was jealous of her husband's regard, and saw in him a potential Buckingham; certainly she disliked his close-fisted ways, which curbed her extravagance, always considerable, in money matters.
From Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes
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
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
"I'm not close-fisted, either; I'm willing to share the profits with you as long as you've any use for them."
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
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
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