close-fisted
adjective
very careful with money; mean
close-fistedness
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a word derived from
close-fisted.
Example Sentences
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And, despite his father's close-fistedness where money was concerned, that eighty thousand dollars, or part of it, was in danger.
From The Desert of Wheat by Zane Grey
Of Peter Goelet, a grandson of the original Peter, many stories were current illustrating his close-fistedness.
From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus
This close-fistedness was exceedingly distasteful to Mr. Jillingham.
From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Arthur Griffiths
He takes after his grandfather in other ways besides close-fistedness.
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
On the one hand appear indications founded on natural analogies, as when we still speak of close-fistedness.
From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson) Bergen
