close-fisted

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"There never was a man as close-fisted as Mr. Enderton who hadn't money."

From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Stockton, Frank Richard

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

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

He was a close-fisted, mysterious old fellow, and—well, I decided to get out.

From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.

Another interesting item relates to the origin of the slang term "piker," which, whatever it may have meant originally, is used to-day to designate a timid, close-fisted gambler, a "tightwad" or "short sport."

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian

"There's many a poor thing has no father, close-fisted or no, to fall back upon."

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.