close-fisted

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close-fisted

/ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/

adjective more close-fisted · most close-fisted

tight-fisted, stingy She was rather close-fisted in money matters and offered him only fifty dollars, but she had to raise her price till it rose to three hundred.
Similar: hard-fisted

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@misc{close_fisted_2026,
  title = {close-fisted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/close-fisted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}