English

Alternative forms

• hardfisted

Adjective

hard-fisted ‎(comparative more hard-fisted, superlative most hard-fisted)

1. Having hard or strong hands.

   a hard-fisted labourer

2. covetous; niggardly
   • Bishop Joseph Hall

     It is easy to observe, that none are so gripple and hard fisted, as the childless […]