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Meaning of hard-fisted | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Having hard or strong hands.
  2. covetous; niggardly

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

hard-fought hard-grained hard-handed hard-headed hard-hit hard-hitting

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