close-fisted

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This has lost its original meaning of desiring possession of other people's things and is used only in the sense of close-fisted.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter

But, unlike many men who have coined their own wealth, there was nothing close-fisted about Sir Luke Canterby.

From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Mitford, Bertram

Another interesting item relates to the origin of the slang term "piker," which, whatever it may have meant originally, is used to-day to designate a timid, close-fisted gambler, a "tightwad" or "short sport."

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian

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

You've spent a lot of the money you're so close-fisted about, and will have to travel cheap if you mean getting home again.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright