Definition of "closefisted" []

• Unwilling to spend money; stingy (adjective)

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• "Someone, somewhere, is telling Americans that closefisted tipping is tolerated, even celebrated here."
• "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."
• "Like a majority, perhaps, of the really open-handed he shared one trait with the closefisted and even with the very mean rich."