close-fisted

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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

He is accus'd of being close-fisted, and of dissuading the Elector from giving Gratuities; but 'tis agreed that he is very charitable to the Poor.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

"I can answer for it, he's devilish close-fisted as to money," said Stocmar, laughing.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

Washington was accused of being close-fisted, but some one takes the ground that a man must close his fist if there is something in it that others were seeking by illegitimate means to get.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

"There never was a man as close-fisted as Mr. Enderton who hadn't money."

From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Stockton, Frank Richard