close-fisted

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Mama F�lix, then, was very close-fisted, and would never lend her daughter any money, except on very good security, namely, on her jewels.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

The adventurers were apt to be of a sordid class, ravenous, close-fisted, little likely to make themselves beloved.

From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin

Hard′-fist′ed, having hard or strong fists or hands: close-fisted: niggardly; Hard′-fought, sorely contested; Hard′-gott′en, obtained with difficulty; Hard′-grained, having a close firm grain: uninviting.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

He ain't close-fisted about money matters, I know, for I've had dealin's with him myself, and, besides, you ain't been married to him long enough to have to call on him for anything.'

From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert

"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