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View synonyms for close-fisted

close-fisted

/ ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd /

adjective

  1. very careful with money; mean
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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