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tight-fisted

[ tahyt-fis-tid ]

/ ˈtaɪtˈfɪs tɪd /

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adjective

parsimonious; stingy; tight.

Origin of tight-fisted

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby tight-fisted

tight ship, tight shot, tight spot, tight squeeze, tight-assed, tight-fisted, tight-knit, tight-lipped, tight-money policy, tight-mouthed, tightass

Example sentences from the Web for tight-fisted

Folks say I'm tight-fisted—that I'm a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching miser.

A Christmas Carol |C. Z. Barnett
I hate to have you pay unjust extortions out of the mere pittance your tight-fisted old father allows you.'

Somewhere in Red Gap |Harry Leon Wilson
"I am Mr. Smith, and I have heard that I am called 'tight-fisted' in the neighborhood," he replied, with a smile.

Diddie, Dumps & Tot |Louise-Clarke Pyrnelle
Only they would rather have died than have applied to the Lorilleuxs, for they knew they were too tight-fisted.

L'Assommoir |Emile Zola

She did make the tight-fisted one pay up eventually, but months were to elapse before that desirable consummation was reached.

Mary-'Gusta |Joseph C. Lincoln