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Closefisted :: Closefisted (a.) Covetous; niggardly.

Lust :: Lust (n.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after..

Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.

Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.

Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..

Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.

Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..

Over :: Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto..

Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..

Grudge :: Grudge (v. i.) To be covetous or envious; to show discontent; to murmur; to complain; to repine; to be unwilling or reluctant.

Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..

Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.

Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..

Override :: Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto..

Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..

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