close-fisted

Example Sentences

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But, unlike many men who have coined their own wealth, there was nothing close-fisted about Sir Luke Canterby.

From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Mitford, Bertram

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

I ain't a close-fisted chap, especially when I'm fond of anybody.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

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

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