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Definition of "neat-handed" []

  • Using the hands with neatness; deft; dexterous.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "neat-handed" in a sentence
  • "And indeed, these royal cup-bearers are neat-handed at their task, mixing the bowl with infinite elegance, and pouring the wine into the beakers without spilling a drop, and when they hand the goblet they poise it deftly between thumb and finger for the banqueter to take."
  • "This neat-handed Phyllis used to pack up the nicest baskets of my provender, and convey them to somebody outside — I believe, on my conscience, to some poor friend in distress."
  • "Hannah the neat-handed, she was bearing them up to the little patient when the frantic parent met her on the stair."
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