Large-handed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having hands that are large.

    "(Much luck Natalie will have, with those freckles), Margot thought, her spite laced with a slipping envy, knowing herself too squat and large-handed to compete with the prettier women like Natalie, freckles or not."

  2. 2
    Spending or giving in large quantities; generous or spendthrift.

    "At the instigation of Colbert, whose rigid honesty was scandalised by Fouquet's large-handed and prodigal corruption, Louis determined to curb these soaring aspirations."

  3. 3
    Greedy, rapacious.

    "Bound servants, steal! Large-handed robbers your grave masters are, And pill by law!"

Example

More examples

"(Much luck Natalie will have, with those freckles), Margot thought, her spite laced with a slipping envy, knowing herself too squat and large-handed to compete with the prettier women like Natalie, freckles or not."

Etymology

From large + handed.

Related phrases

large-handedlylarge-handedness

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