Definitions

close-fisted

ADJECTIVE

stingy

Synonyms

WEAK

cheap close-handed hard-fisted mean miserly parsimonious penny-pinching penurious pinching tight tightfisted

Example Sentences

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There's one, ye'll see, who's not mean, not close fisted.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

I'll let them call me mean and close fisted and every other dour thing it pleases them to fancy me.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

In the wartime men everywhere came to learn the value o' saving—o' being close fisted.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

I ken fine that folk think I'm close fisted and canny wi' my siller.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir

I ken fine the way folks talk o' me and say I'm close fisted.

From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir