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• Fumble

  ·vi To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. II. Fumble ·vt To handle or manage a...

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• Fisted

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Fist>>. ...

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• Dry-fisted

  ·adj <<Niggardly>>. ...

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• Hard-fisted

  ·adj Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly. II. Hard-fisted ·adj Having hard or strong hands; as, a har...

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• Iron-fisted

  ·adj Closefisted; stingy; mean. ...

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• close-fisted

  Covetous or stingy. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• close-fisted

  Stingy, mean. Common in various dialects of England.--Halliwell. Ibycus is a carking, griping, clos...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• horn-fisted

  Having hands inured to hauling ropes. ...

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