broken-handed
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3ADJ.
lame, stunned
VERB + BROKEN-HANDED
save
BROKEN-HANDED + NOUN
jizo, killer, stone
Definitions
adj
Having a hand that is broken.
If one of them is broken-handed or lame or dumb or blind or deaf—he is not declared a son stubborn and rebellious, as it is said 'Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,' which is impossible if they be broken-handed;
The priests are gone; the great bell is gone; the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas have vanished, all save one—a broken-handed Jizo of stone, smiling with eyelids closed, under the moon.
Performed using a broken hand.
He paddled hard, doing a broken-handed breaststroke, kicking for his life despite the damage in his knees.
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3If one of them is broken-handed or lame or dumb or blind or deaf—he is not declared a son stubborn and rebellious, as it is said 'Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,' which is imposs
WiktionaryThe priests are gone; the great bell is gone; the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas have vanished, all save one—a broken-handed Jizo of stone, smiling with eyelids closed, under the moon.
WiktionaryThe stunned and broken-handed killer struggled to turn, but the big American grabbed the mangled paw and twisted hard.
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