- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
Example Sentences
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Especially if she married a close-fisted young business man like Joe Stagg would this be true.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
"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 Frank Richard Stockton
"I'm not close-fisted, either; I'm willing to share the profits with you as long as you've any use for them."
From The White Blackbird by Hudson Douglas
"There's many a poor thing has no father, close-fisted or no, to fall back upon."
From Leonore Stubbs by L. B. Walford
“Although he cuts great splashes with his entertainments, and is rolling in money, he has the reputation of being the most close-fisted screw extant.”
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
