clutchfist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

clutch +‎ fist

Noun[edit]

clutchfist (plural clutchfists)

  1. (obsolete) A miser.
    Synonym: see Thesaurus:miser
    • 1651, William Cartwright, The Ordinary‎[1], act 2, scene 1:
      No fitter place; there is / An old rich Clutchfist Knight, Sir Thomas Bitefig, / Invite him too; perhaps I may have luck, / And break his Purse yet open for one hundred. / A Usurer is somewhat exorable / When he is full: He ne'r lends money empty.
    • 2010, Patricia Rice, Wicked Wyckerly (Rebellious Sons; 1):
      Which, of course, her gouty, miserable clutchfist of a spouse had not.
    • 2014, Anne Gracie, An Honorable Thief (Harlequin Historicals; 616):
      Amelia abandoned her soulful mien. "You are nothing but a penny-pinching clutchfist, Hugo!"

Translations[edit]

miser — see miser
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