clean-handed
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of clean-handed
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Snapped Quarles about the clean-handed beat of Baldwin and Sullivan: "I would say it was not playing the game with the Defense Department the way I would like it played."
From Time Magazine Archive
And you have come by them clean-handed, which is rare.—Moreover,
From In Her Own Right by Underwood, Clarence F.
In some respects he is clever and remarkably clean-handed.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
Slotkin exclaimed, in the hearty tones of a conscientious man, glad that for once the performance of his official duty redounded to clean-handed personal profit.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague
The gentle-mannered fellow, clean-minded, clean-handed, of the breakfast or supper table was one man.
From The Pit by Norris, Frank
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