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close fisted

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as inmiserly

as inpenurious
as instingy
as inthrifty
as inclose-fisted
as incostive
as ingrabby
as inhard-fisted
as inhoggish
as inpiggish
as inpinching
as incovetous
as ingrasping
as ingreedy

synonyms for close fisted

On this page you'll find 410 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to close fisted, such as: tightfisted, abject, avaricious, beggarly, cheapskate, and churlish.

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How to use close fisted in a sentence

With this girl I shared all my possessions, although before I knew her I had been considered close-fisted.

THE SEXUAL LIFE OF THE CHILDALBERT MOLL

Who has stood your friend with your close-fisted old father when you have lost money at play that you could not pay?

THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPE

He had the reputation of being shrewd, close-fisted, and sharp at a bargain,—a person of few friends and many enemies.

PAUL AND THE PRINTING PRESSSARA WARE BASSETT

A satirical expression regarding a close-fisted ungenerous man:—'If he had only an egg he'd give you the shell.'

ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELANDP. W. JOYCE

I told him every man on his own hook, now—for, you see, I couldn't stand his close-fisted contrivances no longer.

GUY RIVERS: A TALE OF GEORGIAWILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS

They ARE pretty close-fisted here, for a fact, but you can manage to rub along somehow.

THE DAMNATION OF THERON WAREHAROLD FREDERIC

The adventurers were apt to be of a sordid class, ravenous, close-fisted, little likely to make themselves beloved.

IRISH HISTORY AND THE IRISH QUESTIONGOLDWIN SMITH

You and the girls wouldn't want me to be close-fisted and overreachin', even if I am poor.

THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIESMARGARET COLLIER GRAHAM

People of her class are generally pretty close-fisted, and she will look upon this as a little pocket-money.

WITH LEE IN VIRGINIAG. A. HENTY

If the average farmer is what may be described as "close-fisted," old Zack was "cement-fisted."

THE DREADNOUGHT BOYS ON BATTLE PRACTICEJOHN HENRY GOLDFRAP

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