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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A niggard; a miser.

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  1. n. A miser.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A closefisted person; a miser.

Etymologies

  1. pinch +‎ fist (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “If one bends over backwards to avoid such epithets as spend -, slip - or slidethrift, spillgood, or scattergood, one incurs hostile mutters of sparethrift or sparegood, scrapepelf or scrape-good, pinchfist or skinflint (also flay - or fleaflint), pinchgut”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 1

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  1. miser

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