hard-fisted

[ hahrd-fis-tid ]

/ ˈhɑrdˈfɪs tɪd /

stingy; miserly; closefisted.

tough-minded; ruthless: hard-fisted revolutionists.

having hard or strong hands, as a laborer.

Words nearby hard-fisted

First recorded in 1650–60

hard-fist·ed·ness, hard·fist·ed·ness, noun

Hard-fisted he was said to be, and heavy of hand, and to Frithiof was given the task of demanding the tribute face to face.
Myths of the Norsemen|H. A. Guerber
There came other guests: a German, hard-fisted, bullet-headed—editor of an East Side labor-paper.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Despite this, the Americans are hard-fisted, shrewd, and as a nation a match for any in the field of cunning.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
He knew that in a hand-to-hand fight he was no match for that heavy-framed, hard-fisted product of a fog-ridden land.
The Bronze Eagle|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

A strong garrison was appointed of long-sided, hard-fisted Yankees, with Weathersfield onions for cockades and feathers.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving