Close-fisted

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Close-fisted and miserly as he was, no one knew so well as the Honorable Erastus how valuable this position of Representative was to him in a financial way, and that by winning re-election he could find means to reimburse himself for all he had expended in the fight.

Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work 1887
Close-fisted niggardliness displayed itself in his every feature and warred against this unnatural outbreak.

Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
Close-fisted old reprobate, -- I've a mind to have the law on him. "

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889