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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hard-fisted

Hard-fisted \Hard"-fist`ed\ (-f[i^]st`[e^]d), a.

  1. Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.

  2. Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
    --Bp. Hall.

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hard-fisted

a. 1 Having hard or strong hands. 2 covetous; niggardly alt. 1 Having hard or strong hands. 2 covetous; niggardly