hard-fisted

or hard·fist·ed

[ hahrd-fis-tid ]

adjective

1. stingy; miserly; closefisted.
2. tough-minded; ruthless:

   hard-fisted revolutionists.

3. having hard or strong hands, as a laborer.

Other Words From

• hard-fisted·ness hardfisted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-fisted¹

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

There came other guests: a German, hard-fisted, bullet-headed—editor of an East Side labor-paper.

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Despite this, the Americans are hard-fisted, shrewd, and as a nation a match for any in the field of cunning.

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Can't you name some one in this town who is known to be the most hard-fisted old miser in the place?

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And yet he was, to all outward appearances, a singularly repulsive and hard-fisted old miser.

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He knew that in a hand-to-hand fight he was no match for that heavy-framed, hard-fisted product of a fog-ridden land.

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