close-fistedness
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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 Frederick William Robinson
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 Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson) Bergen
His close-fistedness was such a passion that for many years he refused to substitute new carpets for the scandalous ones covering the floors of his house No. 10 Washington place.
From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Gustavus Myers
He takes after his grandfather in other ways besides close-fistedness.
From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner
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 Zane Grey
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