What does close-handed mean?
Close-handed means Alternative form of closehanded..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of closehanded..
they were outcasts, paupers, unfriended beings, to whom the most scanty pittance was a matter of favour, and who were treated merely as children of peasants, yet poorer than the poorest, who, dying, had left them, a thankless bequest, to the close-handed charity of the land.
Yes, yes, he's rich enough to live in a finer house than this: but he's very near—close-handed;
Close-handed with his own information, he suspected others of holding out, too.
In the last place. I am to come to close-handed fighting.
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Close-handed means Alternative form of closehanded..
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they were outcasts, paupers, unfriended beings, to whom the most scanty pittance was a matter of favour, and who were treated merely as children of peasants, yet poorer than the poorest, who, dying, had left them, a thankless bequest, to the close-handed charity of the land.
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