What is parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne called?
close — Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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