| 释义 |
ˈhard-fisted, a.
[Cf. hard a. 9.]
Stingy, niggardly.
a1656Bp. Hall Balm of Gilead (T.), None are so gripple and hard-fisted as the childless. 1890Daily News 9 Sept. 4/7 Women..this soft-handed but hard-fisted sex.
Hence hardˈfistedness.
1869Marquis of Salisbury Sp. in Ho. Lords 22 July, A spirit of hard-fistedness which even Shylock would have envied. |