TIGHT-FISTED
ADJECTIVES
1603 — HANDFAST having a firm grip of the hand; tight-fisted, close-fisted
1805 — TIGHT parsimonious; tight-fisted; stingy → sl.
.M19 — MISERABLE tight-fisted, grasping, mean → Aust. sl.
.M19 — SCHEISTY — SHYSTY tight-fisted → US sl.
..20C — MINGEY tight-fisted, mean → UK playground sl.
1930 — CUBBIDGE — CUBBITCH miserly, stingy, tight-fisted → African-American
1996 — NARROW-CONTRACTED stingy, tight-fisted → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1996 — NARROW-GUTTED stingy, tight-fisted → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — MEAN AS BIRDSHIT very tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — MEAN AS HUNGRY TYSON very tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — SO MEAN HE WOULDN’T GIVE A RAT A RAILWAY PIE extremely tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1878 — NIPPER a miser, a tight-fished person → sl.
1950 — SANNIE SICCAR-SOLES a very cautious, rather tight-fisted person → Sc.
PHRASES
1930 — HAVE YOU GOT DEATH ADDERS IN YOUR POCKET? ‘don’t be so bloody mean’; implies one is afraid to put his hand in his pocket to pay for a drink → Aust.
1999 — SO MEAN HE WOULDN’T GIVE A RAT A RAILWAY PIE extremely tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — SO MEAN THAT WHEN A FLY LANDS IN THE SUGAR HE SHAKES ITS FEET BEFORE HE KILLS IT extremely tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1999 — HAVE A DEATH ADDER IN ONE’S POCKET to be tight-fisted → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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