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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Closefisted \Close"fist`ed\, a.
     Covetous; niggardly. --Bp. Berkeley. ``Closefisted
     contractors.'' --Hawthorne.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Closefisted \Close"fist`ed\, a.
     Covetous; niggardly. --Bp. Berkeley. ``Closefisted
     contractors.'' --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  closefisted
       adj : unwilling to part with money [syn: hardfisted, tightfisted]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  close-fisted
     a.
     tight-fisted, stingy

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  closefisted
     a.
     Unwilling to spend money; stingy

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  close-fisted
     a.
     tight-fisted, stingy

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  closefisted
     a.
     Unwilling to spend money; stingy

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  close-fisted
     a.
     tight-fisted, stingy

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  closefisted
     a.
     Unwilling to spend money; stingy

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  close-fisted
     a.
     tight-fisted, stingy

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  closefisted
     a.
     Unwilling to spend money; stingy

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  closefisted /klˈəʊsfɪstɪd/ 
  свидлив, стиснат
  stingy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  close-fisted /klˈəʊsfˈɪstɪd/ 
  škudlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  close-fisted /klˈəʊsfˈɪstɪd/ 
  lakomý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  closefisted /klˈəʊsfɪstɪd/ 
  škudlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  closefisted /klˈəʊsfɪstɪd/ 
  lakomý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  close-fisted /klˈəʊs fˈɪstɪd/
  geizig, knausrig, knauserig, kniepig [Norddt.] , netig [Norddt.] , knorzig  [Schw.]
           Note: Person
     Synonyms: miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, tight-fisted, hard-fisted, stingy, mingy, mean, chintzy, penurious
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  close-fisted /klˈəʊsfˈɪstɪd/
  1. cimri.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "closefisted":
     avaricious, cheap, clinging, close, grasping, hardfisted,
     illiberal, keeping, miserly, narrow, near, niggardly,
     penny-pinching, pinchfisted, pinching, save-all, stingy, tenacious,
     tight, tightfisted, ungenerous
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 吝啬的;小气的

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