close-fistedness
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
