Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Close-fisted; stingy.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
tight-fisted .
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- adjective unwilling to part with money
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Examples
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One millionaire referred to his tightfisted policy as the Effective Nonuse of Cash.
Nothing Down for the 2000s Robert G. Allen 2004
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In a tense runoff vote, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, known as a tightfisted fiscal hawk, defeated his closest rival, Trade Minister Banri Kaieda, even though the latter had the backing of a powerful but publicly disgraced party boss.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Marouane: I've decided to eliminate Souley. [to Souley] I'm disappointed, you said I was tightfisted which is not true.
Kickette Blog 2009
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I'm disappointed, you said I was tightfisted which is not true.
Kickette 2009
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Marouane: I've decided to eliminate Souley. [to Souley] I'm disappointed, you said I was tightfisted which is not true.
Kickette 2009
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I'm disappointed, you said I was tightfisted which is not true.
Kickette Blog 2009
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"tightfisted": if he gives with great reluctance, he is said to be
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Allen, if I was thinking on something (and that is never a given), it may have been on Deuteronomy 15: 7-11 (New International Version - Copyright ©): 7 If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
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Allen, if I was thinking on something (and that is never a given), it may have been on Deuteronomy 15: 7-11 (New International Version - Copyright ©): 7 If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
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Indeed, security was so tightfisted that they ignored the pleas of the woman behind us, a mother with a baby stroller who had become separated from her sons when they rushed in ahead of her.
Negotiating the Open Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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