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Grammar : Adj
Spell : klohs-fis-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊsˈfɪs tɪd

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Définition of close-fisted

  • adj stingy
Example sentences :
  • Close-fisted, at Father O'Hara's instance he could open his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • If I get mean and close-fisted, you mustn't be240 surprised.
  • Extract from : « Five Hundred Dollars » by Horatio Alger
  • Av you're too close-fisted to buy a sate yersilf, Oi'll pay for it!
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
  • Skinflint, an old and popular simile for a close-fisted, stingy person.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • He was a close-fisted Norman anxious to marry off his daughters—Emma had a sister.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Was it possible that his close-fisted uncle was offering to assist them.
  • Extract from : « Mark Mason's Victory » by Horatio Alger
  • A man gives to the free-handed, but no one gives to the close-fisted.
  • Extract from : « Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica » by Homer and Hesiod
  • I ain't a close-fisted chap, especially when I'm fond of anybody.
  • Extract from : « An Ambitious Woman » by Edgar Fawcett
  • You ought to have more; but he's close-fisted, and you must be content with this.'
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 » by Various
  • Moreover, the Honorable Erastus was dubbed "close-fisted" by his neighbors.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work » by Edith Van Dyne

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