large-handed
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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For Wilbur the elder, the large-handed, the large-hearted, with the eye like the mock-turtle in Alice, caused more blush-worthy embarrassment during the Coolidge era than any other member of the Cabinet.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this almost primeval region the large-handed fashion of primitive transactions is still in vogue.
From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
I had heard that the people back in the country were large-handed, large-hearted, and liberal, but we must be mistaken.
From From Jest to Earnest by Roe, Edward Payson
He had a large "station" in the North Island, and was much looked up to, kept open house, did everything, as one would guess, in a narrow-minded, large-handed way.
From Villa Rubein, and other stories by Galsworthy, John
In appearance he was a tall, lanky, large-handed, slab-sided cornstalk, about thirty-five years of age, with a huge red beard that nearly covered his face, and a brick-dust complexion variegated with large freckles.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
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