big-fisted

• “He's pleased that it's his customers who have voted for him and his team, rather than some shabby crew of critics; he's delighted that it justifies four years of very hard work; thrilled for what it says about his conviction that top flight, big-fisted food doesn't have to be served in uptight, prissy, overly formal surroundings.”

  The Guardian: Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh

• “Its fans regard her seasonal, big-fisted ingredient-led food as the epitome of all that is right.”

  The Guardian: The 20 best places to eat in Britain this summer

• “When the Museum of Arts and Design opened in a newly refurbished building in New York last week, it was a Cinderella ending to a big-fisted civic brawl.”

  Newsweek: Love the New Skin You’re In

• “He, too, came face to face with thousands of ruddy, big-fisted men and listened to their equally plain-spoken addresses, prepared and extemporaneous.”

  Deep Furrows

• “Everywhere he went he faced thousands of ruddy, big-fisted men who read addresses to him and did a lot of extemporaneous talking which was no less forceful and complete than the prepared briefs.”

  Deep Furrows

• “The big-fisted brute can't write a hand that anybody could read.”

  Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley

• “The Morriseys were a huge breed, and there were many strapping great sons and uncles, heavy-booted, big-fisted, rough - voiced.”

  Chapter IV

• “Here I found four men, each with his pipe and tankard, to whom a large, red-faced, big-fisted fellow was holding forth in a high state of heat and indignation.”

  The Broad Highway

• “I had no big-fisted uncle to thump me persuasively when I needed it; had fortune granted me one I might have been a very different man, Lisbeth.”

  My Lady Caprice

• “As a result, most of the big oil men, especially those engaged in production, are graduates of the school of hard knocks; they are big-fisted, harsh-handed fellows who are as thoroughly at home on the "thribble board" of a derrick as at a desk or a directors 'table, and they are quite as colorful as the oil fields themselves.”

  Flowing Gold

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