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Meanings of skillful hands in English

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Usage of skillful hands in English
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This is a difficult dish to attempt by any but skillful hands.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) / Cooking, Toilet and Household R...
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For shooting sitting there is nothing better than a blowgun in skillful hands.
By Sheer Pluck: A Tale of the Ashanti War
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Peace be on thee, thou of gentle voice and skillful hands.
Son of Power
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His skillful hands paused in their fashioning of a snare.
Snow-Blind
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Such churches often attain, when designed by skillful hands, great dignity and breadth of effect.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887
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How its mad waves tossed in wild derision the costly workmanship of his skillful hands!
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
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His case was in strong and skillful hands.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
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She brought out his best points, and in her skillful hands he lost embarrassment and awkwardness.
The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
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Under Peggy's skillful hands the plane fairly flew.
The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
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It is also famous for itsgourmets and new dishes created under the skillful hands of its chefs.
The new yorker
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Ruth assisted the surgeon with the utmost coolness and with skillful hands helped to dress Philip's wounds.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
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Perforation of the esophagus with the esophagoscope is rare, in skillful hands, if the esophageal wall is sound.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy / A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy a...
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We will take him to the cabin, where there are light and skillful hands to dress his wounds.
Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of th...
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This beautiful engine of research was in 1883 placed in the already practiced and skillful hands of Dr. Elkin.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887
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In a few seconds, without difficulty, the same kind and skillful hands had the horse both saddled and bridled.
Wild Bill's Last Trail
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Harold was naturally handy at camping, and his ready and skillful hands became very valuable around the camp fire.
The Eagle's Heart
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