CLUTCHFIST

PRONUNCIATION: (KLUHCH-fist)

MEANING: noun: A miser.

ETYMOLOGY: Describing someone who clutches money in a fist. From Old English clyccan (to clench) + fyst (fist). Earliest documented use: 1643.
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CLUTCHIST - one who declines to use a car equipped with automatic transmission

CLUTCHFISH - how many flying aquatic birds catch their dinner

CRUTCHFIST - a painful hand that won't open after prolonged use of crutches