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† ˈdry-fist Obs.
[cf. dry a. 15 b.]
A niggardly or stingy person. So † ˈdry-ˌfisted a., niggardly, miserly, stingy.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 28 Of all filthy dryfisted Knights. 1607― Knts. Conjur. (1842) 76 Nash inueyed bitterly..against dryfisted patrons. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. iii. i, Why, wise madam Dry-fist, could your mouldy brain be so addle? [1674Cotton Compl. Gamester in Singer Hist. Cards (1816) 334 Throwing..at a good sum with a dry fist (as they call it); that is, if they nick you, it is theirs; if they lose, they owe you so much.] |