close-fisted

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In fact, his appearance was quite the reverse of pleasing, but he was an honest, close-fisted man, I dare say.’ 

From Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

"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

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.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

I finally learned that an officer was considered by many other officers as a little off color if he was close-fisted and tried to save money out of his pay.

From Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago by McKay, Robert Henderson

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

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.