close-fisted

Example Sentences

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You are a close-fisted, bad woman—as bad as they make them.

From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)

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

Hence misers and close-fisted men disguise their propensity and conduct under the name of economy; whereas the most liberal disposition, a disposition precisely the contrary of that of the miser, is perfectly consistent with economy.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William

This has lost its original meaning of desiring possession of other people's things and is used only in the sense of close-fisted.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter

Perhaps she was jealous of her husband's regard, and saw in him a potential Buckingham; certainly she disliked his close-fisted ways, which curbed her extravagance, always considerable, in money matters.

From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta