Meaning of CLOSEFISTED
| Pronunciation: | | 'klows'fistid
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unwilling to part with money |
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| | Synonyms: | | hardfisted, stingy, tightfisted, ungenerous |
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| | Definition: | | \Close"fist`ed\, a.
Covetous; niggardly. --Bp. Berkeley. ``Closefisted
contractors.'' --Hawthorne.
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| | Related Terms: | | avaricious, cheap, clinging, close, grasping, hardfisted, illiberal, keeping, miserly, narrow, near, niggardly, penny-pinching, pinchfisted, pinching, save-all, stingy, tenacious, tight, tightfisted, ungenerous |
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