close-fisted

Example Sentences

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Those lacking money to appear with fitting magnificence had little aid to expect from royalty; the shower of gold did not begin to fall until later, and Louis XIV. even passed for being close-fisted.

From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede

Even so variously informed a person as the author of "A Short History of the English People," published in 1875, speaks of the "close-fisted Franklin."

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James

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

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

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

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