horny-fisted

Then Irma, safe in her married state, would set herself down by some shy, horny-fisted fellow, all nose and knuckles.

The Dew of Their Youth 1887

The world has lasted six thousand years now, and, with the exception of those at present alive, the millions who have breathed upon it -- splendid emperors, horny-fisted clowns, little children, in whom thought has never stirred -- _have_ died, and what they have done, we also shall be able to do.

Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Alexander Smith 1848