"My patience must be inexhaustible. I am much tempted to kick you downstairs, Mr. Railing." / "You forget that I'm a working-man and horny-handed, so it's safer not to try."
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Horny-handed
//ˈhɔːniˌhændɪd//
Synonyms for "horny-handed"
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2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- känsäkätinen adj (having hands that are horny and tough from manual labour)
Macedonian
1 entries- гру́би ра́це adj (having hands that are horny and tough from manual labour)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The pitchfork remains one of the hand tools that no invention can ever wholly replace, and I suppose that unborn generations of men will grow hornyhanded and weary in its use.
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He was so fond of drink, that he would shamelessly accept the contemptuous hospitality of hornyhanded workmen.
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The dot punch is used to make a more permanent mark than a pencilled or scratched line; […] The mark is made with a tap from a light hammer, although I have known horny[-]handed markers who did it with simple hand pressure.
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