What does clutchfist mean?
Clutchfist means (obsolete) A miser..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(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.
Which, of course, her gouty, miserable clutchfist of a spouse had not.
Amelia abandoned her soulful mien. "You are nothing but a penny-pinching clutchfist, Hugo!"
Use clutchfist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clutchfist means (obsolete) A miser..
Common synonyms include see Thesaurus:miser.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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