open-handed
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“California is being wildly open handed and excessively generous with insurers,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2017
Drawing out an envelope, he ripped it open, handed the contents to Representative Jeffers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mark had sparred with several of them, and, being open handed and friendly, was generally liked.
From Colonel Thorndyke's Secret by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
“Read, read,” cried May, standing trembling in every limb as she gave the letter to Miss Jane, who, tearing it open, handed one to her, directed “to my beloved Maiden May.”
From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.
I had heard that the king was ever open handed, but also that at this time he had little to give.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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