Definition of Cleanhanded

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of clean-handed) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cleanhanded

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleanhanded

clean sweep
clean sweeps
clean up
clean up one's act
cleanabilities
cleanability
cleanable
cleane
cleaned
cleaned out
cleaned up
cleaner
cleaner fish
cleaners
cleanest
cleanhanded (current term)
cleaning
cleaning-in-place
cleaning implement
cleaning lady
cleaning out
cleaning pad
cleaning shoe
cleaning shoes
cleaning up
cleaning woman
cleanings
cleanish
cleanlier
cleanliest

Literary usage of Cleanhanded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1905)
"That was how cleanhanded senators viewed the disgraceful proceedings; but harder things still were said in bank-parlours. The spectacle of fine gentlemen, ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"But they were all hard-working and public-spirited men, and cleanhanded in money matters, according to the standard of their time. THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES. ..."

3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1883)
"... cleanhanded; each was tenderly affectionate in his family, and unalterably stanch in his friendships; each displayed a singular earnest ness and ..."

4. Some Contemporary Poets (1920) by Harold Monro, Thomas Sturge Moore (1920)
"... if not clay, are not pure gold ; for it is not true that pleasure leads and peace attends, or that the shield of Jove defends the cleanhanded hero, ..."

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