close-fisted

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Perhaps she was jealous of her husband's regard, and saw in him a potential Buckingham; certainly she disliked his close-fisted ways, which curbed her extravagance, always considerable, in money matters.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta

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

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

He who is close-fisted shall be treated in a like manner.

From Arabian Wisdom by Wortabet, John

"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