Segons la [[dactilonomia]] tradicional persa, el puny tancat correspon al 93. Com que el puny tancat és sinònim de gasiveria, dir que alguna persona “ha fet un noranta-tres” significava en algunes contrades que aquella persona era avara o havia fer alguna acció poc generosa.<ref name="ClarkMayor1869">{{cite bookref-llibre|author1autor1=William George Clark|author2autor2=John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor|author3autor3=William Aldis Wright|coauthorscoautors=Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson|titletítol=The Journal of Philology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2BfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA251|yearany=1869|publishereditorial=Macmillan and Company|pagespàgines=251–}}</ref><ref>{{cite bookref-llibre|titletítol=The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brs_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA13-PA23|yearany=1869|pagespàgines=13–}}</ref><ref name="Spencer2014">{{cite bookref-llibre|authorautor=Adam Spencer|titletítol=Adam Spencer's Big Book of Numbers: Everything you wanted to know about the numbers 1 to 100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5oVBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA372|datedata= 1 Novembernovembre 2014|publishereditorial=Brio Books|isbn=978-1-921134-33-3|pagespàgines=372–}}</ref>
