horny-handedly

English

Etymology

horny-handed +‎ -ly

Adverb

horny-handedly (comparative more horny-handedly, superlative most horny-handedly)

  1. Done with hands that are tough and horny from manual labor.
    • 1892, Arthur Gordon Burgoyne, All Sorts of Pittsburgers, page 163:
      One time he worked in a mill horny-handedly, But, as he said to his friends very candidly, Nature had blessed him with quickness of jaw, So he gave up perspiring and took to the law.
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