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lilyhanded

lilyhanded

See also: lily-handed

English

Adjective

lilyhanded (comparative more lilyhanded, superlative most lilyhanded)

  1. Alternative form of lily-handed
    • 1954, Nathan Comfort Starr, King Arthur today: the Arthurian legend in english and Americn Literatur 1901-1953, page 112:
      A postscript artfully tells of Tristram's marriage to Iseult the Lilyhanded.
    • 1957, The theatrical immage, page 175:
      "Don't treat me as if I took your Robert Edmond Jones for a lilyhanded idler breathing mists," writes Virginia Tracy
    • 1974, Christina Stead, The Salzburg tales, page 152:
      He is a moochy cove, a maundering bard: he does not like to be in all these business deals, but she does most of the work and the money keeps him lilyhanded while he "creates"