forehanded

IPA: fˈɔrhændɪd

Examples of "forehanded" in Sentences

"forehanded" with the wood, he was not ready to give it.
Toby was said to be the most thrifty and "forehanded" darkey in the settlement.
"forehanded" than Marsdenites in general, had neglected to provide one for herself.
'Sence you're so blamed forehanded about it, no; I'd b'lieve nature first, and facts.'
But to tell the truth, I never was a very forward old fellow, nor what my farming neighbors call a forehanded one.
Her husband was energetic and "forehanded," and without the slightest approach to intentional cruelty, looked to his wife to "keep up her end of the log."
The summer waned; the cows were turned into the shack, and the most "forehanded" among us began to cut boughs for banking up the house, and set afoot other preparations for winter's cold.
"'T won't burn up any faster for being chopped," Friend Barton said; and then his wife Rachel knew that if he had a reason for being "forehanded" with the wood, he was not ready to give it.
Hale, merry fellows they were -- a little more red of face and loud of talk than was quite seemly in a stranger's eyes, but industrious and "forehanded," and kind of heart to parents, wives and babies.