close-fisted
Example Sentences
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He ain't close-fisted about money matters, I know, for I've had dealin's with him myself, and, besides, you ain't been married to him long enough to have to call on him for anything.'
From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert
Oh yes, love, he is close-fisted, is Barjona, and it is said that his wife was so tired of his nagging ways that she was quite pleased to go.
From Windyridge by Riley, W.
You are a close-fisted, bad woman—as bad as they make them.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
"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
He is accus'd of being close-fisted, and of dissuading the Elector from giving Gratuities; but 'tis agreed that he is very charitable to the Poor.
