close-fistedness

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Nor did I complain of him; for with all his little foibles of vanity, irascibility, and egotism, and a certain close-fistedness, he was a good fellow and a very clever one.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

On the one hand appear indications founded on natural analogies, as when we still speak of close-fistedness.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

Certainly, there were but small signs of "close-fistedness" about the premises on that particular evening; the shop had been closed at an earlier hour than business men would have considered suitable.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

And, despite his father's close-fistedness where money was concerned, that eighty thousand dollars, or part of it, was in danger.

From The Desert of Wheat by Grey, Zane

This close-fistedness was exceedingly distasteful to Mr. Jillingham.

From The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood by Griffiths, Arthur