close-fisted

Example Sentences

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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

Another interesting item relates to the origin of the slang term "piker," which, whatever it may have meant originally, is used to-day to designate a timid, close-fisted gambler, a "tightwad" or "short sport."

From Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street by Street, Julian

"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

He who is close-fisted shall be treated in a like manner.

From Arabian Wisdom by Wortabet, John

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