close-fisted

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Mr. Bumpkin looked for a few moments without speaking, and then said: “He wur allays a close-fisted un, and I should reckon have a goodish bit o’ property.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

"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

Mama F�lix, then, was very close-fisted, and would never lend her daughter any money, except on very good security, namely, on her jewels.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

"It wasn't that he was stingy or close-fisted," explained one of the men who had known Montgomery.

From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson