| 单词 | rackle-handed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrackle-handed rackle-handed adj. having strong, powerful hands (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose 617 Samson, that rackle-handed Saint, never ceased from pelting them upon all Occasions. 1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 39 I suspect this will be a very rackle-handed committee. 1823 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Sept. 339 Though country justices may sometimes be what is vulgarly called rackle-handed, they are, withal, efficient and thorough-going. c1850 R. Peattie in Sc. National Dict. at Raucle Rackel-handit smiddy Jock, A' blackened ower wi' coom an' smoke. 1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow 56 I'm just a hame-bred, rackle-handed bit thing. 1988 R. Vettese Richt Noise 48 He's rackle-handed and I feel still his brosie glasp hauddin ticht my bairnlie fingers. < as lemmas |
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