close-fistedness

Moreover his unwillingness must be reasonable, not simply insensate close-fistedness.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

In their dealings, they curiously combine generosity and close-fistedness -- close-fistedness in earning, and generosity in spending and lending.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

And the affection which the old man had manifested for the child had endured all through the years, and was as strong to-day as it ever had been, yet such was Radlett's reputation for close-fistedness that it had never once occurred to George that he might possibly be willing to help him, consequently he had not sought him.

The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886

On the one hand appear indications founded on natural analogies, as when we still speak of close-fistedness.

Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873

The following words were inconsistently hyphenated: close-fistedness/closefistedness sun-wise/sunwise

Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk William Wells Newell 1873

Nor did I complain of him; for with all his little foibles of vanity, irascibility, and egotism, and a certain close-fistedness, he was a good fellow and a very clever one.

Peter Ibbetson George Du Maurier 1865

"He takes after his grandfather in other ways besides close-fistedness.

The Nebuly Coat John Meade Falkner 1895