Definition of "short-handled" [short-handled]

• Having a short handle (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Try instead a neat little clutch or short-handled bag and don't ever overstuff them."
• "I met Governor Brown in the 1970s, around the time he banned the short-handled hoe, the tool that crippled California farm workers by forcing them to toil long hours stooped in the field."
• "I was fortunate to work at Richard's side to help abolish the cortito or short-handled hoe that forced farm workers to spend the long hot summer stooped in the fields."