close-fisted
Example Sentences
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"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
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
Mama F�lix, then, was very close-fisted, and would never lend her daughter any money, except on very good security, namely, on her jewels.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
Mr. Bumpkin looked for a few moments without speaking, and then said: “He wur allays a close-fisted un, and I should reckon have a goodish bit o’ property.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
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.
