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

You've spent a lot of the money you're so close-fisted about, and will have to travel cheap if you mean getting home again.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

“Although he cuts great splashes with his entertainments, and is rolling in money, he has the reputation of being the most close-fisted screw extant.”

From Fordham's Feud 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

Oh yes, love, he is close-fisted, is Barjona, and it is said that his wife was so tired of his nagging ways that she was quite pleased to go.

From Windyridge by Riley, W.