Shovel-handed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 brawny and large, with connotations of being unintelligent, as one who is fit for digging ditches.
"I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only, and no shovel-handed, narrow-brained, gin-drinking million stockingers or lazzaroni at all."
Example
More examples"I do not wish any mass at all, but honest men only, lovely, sweet, accomplished women only, and no shovel-handed, narrow-brained, gin-drinking million stockingers or lazzaroni at all."
Etymology
From shovel + handed.
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