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two-handed

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two-hand·ed (thndd)
adj.
1. Requiring the use of two hands at once: a two-handed sledgehammer.
2. Made to be operated by two people: a two-handed crosscut saw.
3. Able to use both hands with equal facility; ambidextrous.
4. Having two hands.
two-handed
Adjective
1. requiring the use of both hands
2. requiring the participation of two people: a two-handed transatlantic yacht race
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.two-handedtwo-handed - equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon"
ambidextrous
2.two-handedtwo-handed - requiring two hands or designed for two people; "a two-handed sledgehammer"; "a two-handed crosscut saw"; "a machine designed for bimanual operation"
bimanual
handed - having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-living animal"; "a four-handed card game"


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And Colette's frequenters, thrillingly conscious of wrong-doing and 'that two-handed engine (the policeman) at the door,' were perhaps inclined to somewhat feverish excess.
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This Susan was as two-handed a wench (according to the phrase) as any in the country, and would, I believe, have beat the famed Thalestris herself, or any of her subject Amazons; for her form was robust and man-like, and every way made for such encounters.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
He locked with Nelson in the cockpit of the Reindeer, and in the mix-up barely escaped being brained by an iron bar wielded by irate French Frank--irate because a two-handed man had attacked a one- handed man.
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