close-fisted

Example Sentences

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He was a close-fisted, mysterious old fellow, and—well, I decided to get out.

From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.

Those lacking money to appear with fitting magnificence had little aid to expect from royalty; the shower of gold did not begin to fall until later, and Louis XIV. even passed for being close-fisted.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

"I'm not close-fisted, either; I'm willing to share the profits with you as long as you've any use for them."

From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson

A grim landlord, hard creditor, close-fisted patron, and a smileless neighbor who neither gambled nor drank, old Hays, as he was called, while yet scarce fifty, had few acquaintances and fewer friends.”

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

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 Stables, Gordon