- a variation of closefisted.
close-fisted
Example Sentences
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"There's many a poor thing has no father, close-fisted or no, to fall back upon."
From Leonore Stubbs by L. B. Walford
He was a close-fisted, mysterious old fellow, and—well, I decided to get out.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
“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
I certainly don’t like old Father Fletcher, close-fisted as he is, and stingy as any miser ever I met.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Gordon Stables
But Hill, the narrow-minded and close-fisted man that he was, only looked cross, and sourly asked, "What did they cost?"
From Rockhaven by Charles Clark Munn
