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Meanings of brawny hands in English

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Usage of brawny hands in English
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At six o'clock he seated himself therein, taking the oars in his brawny hands.
Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods
2
The cruel eyes were close to hers now, and the rough, brawny hands gripped her wrists.
By Reef and Palm
3
The Indian continued to pour salt water out of his brawny hands upon her head and neck.
Young Lion of the Woods / Or, A Story of Early Colonial Days
4
John seized her shoulders in his brawny hands, and whirled her round till she faced him again.
Between Whiles
5
God bless them, for their brawny hands
Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into...
6
For a moment he stood and chatted, and the man who watched clenched his brawny hands and ground his teeth.
The Ebbing Of The Tide / South Sea Stories - 1896
7
We, my grandson and I, have means of our own, said the blacksmith, and held out his two brawny hands.
There & Back
8
I don't believe he can afford to pay for the kid gloves that he nourishes on his big brawny hands!
Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
9
His brawny hands had performed every duty connected with the meal as deftly and neatly as those of a delicate-fingered woman.
Camp and Trail: A Story of the Maine Woods
10
Ere he raised it the white-haired man had sprung upon him like a tiger, and seized his throat in his brawny hands.
The Ebbing Of The Tide / South Sea Stories - 1896
11
Her cheeks had flushed considerably, and she seemed at a loss to know what to do with her brawny hands and ponderous feet.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
12
He turned and with conscious dignity walked toward the wash-room just as six brawny hands seized upon Anthony and dragged him toward the door.
The Beautiful and Damned
13
With a grade, a heavy load, and the determined grip of all these brawny hands to contend against, the panting Stump Dodger was beaten.
The Rainy Day Railroad War
14
As he spoke he stepp'd to the open casement, put his brawny hands under the boy's arms, and lifted him into the room bodily.
Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
15
In my eyes you are the Squire's only son"-herehe made a whispering-trumpetof his brawny hands, and added with great significance-"andheir."
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
16
(Sensation, and several brawny hands scratching uneasily at the apex of their craniums.)
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
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Brawny hands across language varieties
United Kingdom
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