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clutchfists

clutchfists is the plural of clutchfist.

Meaning of clutchfist

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

Questions about clutchfists

What is clutchfists the plural of?
Clutchfists is the plural of clutchfist.

Words near clutchfists in the dictionary

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

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