The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hard-fisted
Hard-fisted \Hard"-fist`ed\ (-f[i^]st`[e^]d), a.
Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer.
Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
--Bp. Hall.
Wiktionary
hard-fisted
a. 1 Having hard or strong hands. 2 covetous; niggardly alt. 1 Having hard or strong hands. 2 covetous; niggardly