Like a majority, perhaps, of the really open-handed he shared one trait with the closefisted and even with the very mean rich. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
Was the spell for preserving the venom so difficult to bring about, or were the God-Men merely being closefisted with their magic as was their custom?. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Gods of The Mountain]
Colby was a humorless, efficient, closefisted man, Luke found, far more eager to bring money into the estate — and it was extremely prosperous — than to spend. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
While the written record is somewhat closefisted with specific evidence of women's involvement in larger-scale collective actions, it is more generous in relation to smaller-scale events. From Wordnik.com. [Gutenber-e Help Page] Reference
Having been brought up by a hard, closefisted man like Arsheesh, he had a fixed habit of never telling grown-ups anything if he could help it: he thought they would always spoil or stop whatever you were trying to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Horse and His Boy]
The Commissioners had great difficulty in dealing with Burns, who owned nearly all of what is now the northwestern section of the city, as he was a closefisted and hardheaded Scotchman, who was unwilling to part with his lands without being roundly paid for them. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Many private developers have complained bitterly over the last couple of years that lenders have become closefisted about condos. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Might we be able with such a sum to purchase Sir Toby's from that closefisted scoundrel who … "peter wilkinson on 3 July, 2008 - 10: 52. From Wordnik.com. [open source theology - Comments] Reference
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