closefistedness
- a word derived from closefisted.
Example Sentences
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Three sisters of ill repute: inertness, grudging, closefistedness.
From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno
Thorbiorn Angle answers, "Meseems thou art urged hereto more by closefistedness and a poor mind, than by any heed of how Grettir was won."
From The Story of Grettir the Strong by Morris, William
An open hand in a baby is a sign of a generous disposition, but a habit of closing the fingers indicates avarice, or, as we say, closefistedness.
From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)
