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"One-handed" Quotes from Famous Books

... as well as you can. At the same time let there be provided another shorter Broom of about a Foot and a half long, that with one Hand may be so imployed in the upper and other Parts as to clean the Cask well: So in a Hogshead or other smaller Vessel, the one-handed short Broom may be used with Water, or with Water, Sand or Ashes, and be effectually cleaned; the outside of the Cask about the Bung-hole should be well washed, lest the Yeast, as it works over, carries some of its Filth ...

— The London and Country Brewer • Anonymous

... even passing remarks about her mother, those that don't know where you got her,—saying it was some one you never married, because the book shows your first wife was this one-handed ...

— The Lions of the Lord - A Tale of the Old West • Harry Leon Wilson

... the House put up. Foster bowled splendidly, Betteridge was fast asleep at point and brought off a marvellous one-handed catch, while Gordon stumped Felsted in his third over. After an hour's play seven men were out for about ninety. The scorers were at variance, so the exact score could not be discovered. There seemed a reasonable chance of winning. ...

— The Loom of Youth • Alec Waugh

Words linked to "One-handed" : handed