Meanings of clean-handed in English

He goes into it clean-handed enough and he only half likes it.

And for a while I served my vision, honoring you with clean-handed deeds.

Well, between you and me, I wish he'd gotten away clean-handed.

As a whole, however, American courts are clean-handed throughout, and the people know it.

I, at any rate, was clean-handed in the matter; I hadn't any axe to grind.

I'm asking your aid because you're new and clean-handed.

And the city government thus constituted is one of the most clean-handed and efficient in the world.

So, clear speaking is needed: a fight that is not clean-handed will make victory more disgraceful than any defeat.

De Ganache was not clean-handed.

Begone, while you are clean-handed.

May it wave there so long as it covers just laws, honest officials, and clean-handed administrators-solong and no longer!

Only so did she feel that she could go free of all obligation, clean-handed, without stultifying herself in her own eyes.

Still less should it be needful to insist upon the importance to every reader of books, of coming to their perusal clean-handed.

He had always been Bud Birnie, son and heir of Bob Birnie, as clean-handed a cattle king as ever recorded a brand.

The clean-handed, light-hearted disregard of self that had been his habit of mind always came flooding back like sunshine as he felt his decision made.

"Just realized," said one of them, "I was going to leave clean-handed, though damn glad it was being done.