Meaning of fore-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Looking to the future; displaying foresight; prudent.
   US
2. Wealthy.
   US, obsolete
3. Executed with a forehand stroke.
   not-comparable
4. Paid or executed in advance.
   obsolete
5. Pertaining to the forequarters of a horse.
   obsolete

Examples

“His unconscious requirement waas that this also must be reasonable; if it were not, he would accept⟳ the portions that were reasonable and reject⟳ the others as now too childish for his fore-handed American brain.”

“The “fore-handed mechanic,” who has the decision to resist⟳ the purchase⟳ of any coveted article until he has the money to pay⟳ for it, finds no trouble⟳, when business reverses come⟳ upon a community, in deciding to take⟳ in sail⟳ while the storm is yet in the distance.”

““Fore-handed !' Miss⟳ Nanny, fore-handed!” said Madam Gamby, plying her shears, which snapped off the cloth very much as their owner did her words. "I never was one of your after-dinner folks. This kind of work⟳ has got to be all done up before plantin' time."”

“"You mean⟳ to say⟳ that because I work⟳ hard and get⟳ a little fore-handed I ought to take⟳ a lot of shiftless folks and teach⟳ them to be lazy and dependent on me?"”

“The young man approaching us, with long temple-locks, cane and other appurtenances of dandyism, is the son of a plain, honest citizen who, as our country friends say⟳, is fore-handed, or well to do in the world”

“Till, long proceeding on the saving plan⟳, He found himself a warm, fore-handed man”

“A training device for tactually indicating to a player whether the player's hand has properly gripped the handle⟳ of a racket for forehanded play⟳ and for backhanded play⟳”

“Barry's fore-handed strokes were very effective, while Moon's back-handers were at times brilliant.”

“However, both fore-handed and back-handed cutting motions were effective for reaping dry wheat, as the stalks partly broke and partly were cut⟳ by the blades.”

“Concurrence in the conclusion that if the law of hypothec be repealed the landlords will resort to fore-handed rents, as a necessary security”

“People are being sued for rent⟳, and, while legally they may be in arrear, in actual fact they are not in arrear, because they are being sued for fore-handed rent⟳, sometimes as much as a quarter in advance.”

“The fore-handed dinner is a convenient method of cooking a dinner before it is needed, so that less time must be spent in the kitchen at the dinner hour.”

“To this tribe we may refer⟳ a little fore-handed animal, of the island of Ceylon, which M. Buffon calls the Lori ; very remarkable for the singularity of its figure⟳.”

“No matter⟳ how lacking he may be in other portions of his contour, this fore-handed formation and action are absolute prerequisites.”

“For instance, many fast horses are heavier fore-handed than balanced action requires.”

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