closefisted
Example Sentences
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These games are going to be tightfisted and closefisted.
From Seattle Times
He was naturally a closefisted man, and bad business had made him more miserly than ever.
From Project Gutenberg
Whatever an air of indifference he would assume in his grandee role of "art collector," yet in most other matters he was inveterately closefisted.
From Project Gutenberg
Like a majority, perhaps, of the really open-handed he shared one trait with the closefisted and even with the very mean rich.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
