Close-fisted
| Example | Meaning |
...but I only w-- stayed for one and a half years so (laughs) got half way through grade-ten when the mines all closed down and everybody was ah- you-know, tightfisted and out of work and that-sort-of-thing so my- my mother took a trip up to f-- um Artfield to her brother's place to see if she could get a job... |
Reluctant to part with money |