Usually means: Stingy, not generous with money.
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  1. closehanded: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. closehanded: Wordnik
  3. closehanded: Wiktionary
  4. Closehanded: Dictionary.com
  5. Closehanded: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. closehanded: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Closehanded: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. closehanded: Free Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Covetous; penurious; stingy
▸ adjective:  Secretive.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Involving close proximity.
▸ adverb:  Closely, directly.

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close-handed, hard-fisted, close-fisted, narrow, close, strait-handed, narrow-fisted, dry-fisted, tight-fisted, hidebound, more...

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close-handed, hard-fisted, close-fisted, narrow, close, strait-handed, narrow-fisted, dry-fisted, tight-fisted, hidebound, more...



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