dry-fisted en · ADJ
Meanings
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(archaic) niggardly; stingy
dry-fisted knights
1604 (date written), Tho[mas] Dekker, [Thomas Middleton], The Honest Whore. […] (4th quarto), London: […] Nicholas Okes for Robert Basse, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act I:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dry-fisted | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dry-fisted | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |