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clutchfist

clutchfist noun: a miser.

Noun

clutchfist (plural clutchfists)

  1. (obsolete) A miser.
    • 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.1651, William Cartwright, The Ordinary, act 2, scene 1
    • Which, of course, her gouty, miserable clutchfist of a spouse had not.2010, Patricia Rice, Wicked Wyckerly (Rebellious Sons; 1)

Forms of clutchfist

pluralclutchfists

Origin of clutchfist

From clutch + fist.

Questions about clutchfist

What does clutchfist mean?
Clutchfist means a miser.
What part of speech is clutchfist?
Clutchfist is a noun.
What is the plural of clutchfist?
The plural of clutchfist is clutchfists.

Words near clutchfist in the dictionary

  1. clutched one's pearls
  2. clutcher
  3. clutchers
  4. clutches
  5. clutches one's pearls
  6. clutchfist
  7. clutchfists
  8. clutching
  9. clutching one's pearls
  10. clutchingly
  11. clutchings

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