Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Close-fisted; covetous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Closefisted; stingy; mean.
  • adjective Ruthless; tyrranical; allowing no opposition.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of iron-fisted.

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