hard-handed
Example Sentences
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This is definitely the right way for the hard-handed Yorkshireman to play the spinner.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015
They were out for 60 only partly due to the moving ball; it was mainly due to their testosterone-fuelled, front-foot, hard-handed attack frenzy.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2015
They were out for 60 only partly due to the moving ball; it was mainly due to their testosterone-fuelled, front-foot, hard-handed attack frenzy.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2015
Most rocket engineers, even the hard-handed practical ones, are deeply moved by the idea of space flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
She could have left it at that: the fold under the earlobe, but that Violet, unsatisfied, fought with the hard-handed usher boys and was time enough for them, almost.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
