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close-fisted
/ ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd /
adjective
- very careful with money; mean
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Derived Forms
- ˌclose-ˈfistedness, noun
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Example Sentences
With this girl I shared all my possessions, although before I knew her I had been considered close-fisted.
Who has stood your friend with your close-fisted old father when you have lost money at play that you could not pay?
He had the reputation of being shrewd, close-fisted, and sharp at a bargain,—a person of few friends and many enemies.
A satirical expression regarding a close-fisted ungenerous man:—'If he had only an egg he'd give you the shell.'
I told him every man on his own hook, now—for, you see, I couldn't stand his close-fisted contrivances no longer.
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