Usually means: Strict and unyielding in control.
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  1. hard-fisted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. hard-fisted: Wordnik
  3. hard-fisted: Wiktionary
  4. hard-fisted: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. hard-fisted: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Hard-fisted, hard-fisted: Dictionary.com
  7. Hard-fisted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. hard-fisted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Hard-fisted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hard-fisted: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hard-fisted: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hard-fisted)

▸ adjective:  Having hard or strong hands.
▸ adjective:  covetous; niggardly

Similar:
hardfisted, strong-handed, hard-nosed, hard-assed, hardhanded, hard, hard-hitting, hard as nails, ironhanded, large-handed, more...

Opposite:
generous, liberal, open-handed, charitable

Types:
tight-fisted, stingy, miserly, parsimonious, more...

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Similar:
hardfisted, strong-handed, hard-nosed, hard-assed, hardhanded, hard, hard-hitting, hard as nails, ironhanded, large-handed, more...

Opposite:
generous, liberal, open-handed, charitable

Types:
tight-fisted, stingy, miserly, parsimonious, more...



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