Meanings
comparative more lilyhanded · superlative most lilyhanded
- alternativeAlternative form of lily-handed.
A postscript artfully tells of Tristram's marriage to Iseult the Lilyhanded.
1954, Nathan Comfort Starr, King Arthur today: the Arthurian legend in english and American Literatur 1901-1953, page 1122 more examples
"Don't treat me as if I took your Robert Edmond Jones for a lilyhanded idler breathing mists," writes Virginia Tracy
1957, The theatrical immage, page 175He is a moochy cove, a maundering bard: he does not like to be in all these business deals, but she does most of the work and the money keeps him lilyhanded while he "creates"
1974, Christina Stead, The Salzburg tales, page 152
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