† club-fistn.
Obsolete.
A large clenched fist that can deal a heavy blow; hence, a rough, brutal fellow.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > savage person > [noun]
wolfa900
liona1225
beastc1225
wild manc1290
tiger?a1513
Turk1536
club-fist1575
scourgemutton1581
wolver1593
vulture1605
savage1609
inhuman1653
brutal1655
Tartar1669
hyena1671
dragoon1712
Huna1744
panther1822
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > person
cut-throat1535
club-fist1575
violator1583
club-lawyera1670
thug1838
outrager1840
messer1942
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist > types of
club-fist1575
clod-fist1654
shoulder of mutton fist1694
raws1899
1575 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine The rascall rude, the rooge, the clubfist gript My little arme.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ded. sig. A3 They haue plaguy Clubfists, the one with his Counter-Cuffe, the other with his Country Cuffe, would quickly make a blew Martin.
Derivatives
club-fisted adj. having a club-fist or a club-hand; close-fisted.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of hand
club-fisted1601
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B2 Heeres M. Mamon now. Drum. A club-fisted Vsurer.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. x. 10 As Logic is clubfisted and crabbed, so she is terrible at first sight.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxix. §292 Hee that is club-fisted hath his hand contracted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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