- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
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I ain't a close-fisted chap, especially when I'm fond of anybody.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
His relative was surly and close-fisted, and, as we have said, had no great love for him; moreover, he had more than hinted of late that he preferred his room to his company.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
Especially if she married a close-fisted young business man like Joe Stagg would this be true.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
By the way hither I had put to proof their liberality; and, finding that they were a couple of your close-fisted gentry, I immediately determined to have amends of them.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
But, unlike many men who have coined their own wealth, there was nothing close-fisted about Sir Luke Canterby.
From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford
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