full-handed
Collocations
5ADJ.
unarmed
VERB + FULL-HANDED
came, delegate, go, got, spot
FULL-HANDED + NOUN
home
PREP.
from, off, without
ADV.
once
Definitions
adj
Carrying something, especially something valuable, such as a gift.
He was not only carrying a candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; he had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs, and was at once full-handed and unarmed
By night we'll all be back at this spot, full-handed or empty-handed, as it may be, but full-handed, I hope.
Wealthy, having all that is needed.
Mr. Beers came to the country full-handed, with a handsome competency to commence any business he might choose, independent of missionary patronage.
Lady Anna has given away half her money, and may give away the whole if she pleases. She will be the same to me whether she comes full-handed or empty. But when she is my wife her property shall be my property,—and when I die there shall be no such abomination as an eldest son.
Enthusiastic and generous.
Have we not the theatre, its triumphs, and full-handed thunders of applause?
Which cast it, that large infidel Your Omar; and your Omar drew Full-handed plaudits from our best
Using the palm of the hand or broad gestures.
A spit on the palm and a full-handed slap was a deal but if only fingertips slapped then the bargaining would continue.
As they passed Shack he reached out and gave Helen a massive, full-handed pinch on the buttock and winked at me with relaxed, expansive good cheer.
Having people that fill all positions.
All that was about what you should do in a full-handed hold 'em game when you're the small blind versus a big blind. But, suppose instead that the game is two-handed from the get go.
The switches go in either direction around the triangle, and a player may find himself playing as many as three positions in a full-handed game.
adv
With full hands; bearing valuables or gifts.
On this occasion the minister came full-handed. He told her, first, as appears from her notes and letters, that he had definitely decided to appoint a Sanitary Committee at the India Office. He read out the list of names;
The want met in this case was that of a delegate to go full-handed from the home to the field, who should in due time return again to the home with pledges from the absent ones;
As a wealthy person, having all that is needed.
One does not remember one's birth -- one has to be told. But with me it was different; life came to me full-handed and dowered me with all my faculties and powers.
O, Death, we come full-handed to they gate, Rich with strange burden of the mingled years
Generously and whole-heartedly.
By the promptings of religious instinct and principle, our churches have been built and our asylums founded, and charity full-handed has bestowed her lavish gifts upon the unfortunate.
Art deals with what we see, it must first contribute full-handed that ingredient;
With the entire hand.
Can scribble, grasping crayon full-handed and awkwardly.
Fully staffed or with all positions filled.
But if we must run, who are left to run? From Bull Run they ran full-handed. But we have fought until maimed soldiers, women, and children are all that remain to run.
...though in the case of the bakers and confectioners at Winnipeg, the shops and factories concerned are running full-handed and most of the employees affected have obtained employment elsewhere.
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6He was not only carrying a candle to put the finishing touch to him as a target; he had dispensed with coat and waistcoat downstairs, and was at once full-handed and unarmed
WiktionaryBy night we'll all be back at this spot, full-handed or empty-handed, as it may be, but full-handed, I hope.
WiktionaryHad it so been, then for sure the robber had not got off full-handed or without a fight for it.
WiktionaryOn this occasion the minister came full-handed. He told her, first, as appears from her notes and letters, that he had definitely decided to appoint a Sanitary Committee at the India Office. He read o
WiktionaryThe want met in this case was that of a delegate to go full-handed from the home to the field, who should in due time return again to the home with pledges from the absent ones;
WiktionaryOne does not remember one's birth -- one has to be told. But with me it was different; life came to me full-handed and dowered me with all my faculties and powers.
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