close-fisted

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/

Adjective

close-fisted (comparative more close-fisted, superlative most close-fisted)

  1. tight-fisted, stingy
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 176:
      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.

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