"Hands down" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... valentine all ready; directed it to the Grand Duke in a delicate, ladylike way, and took it with my own hands down to ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens
... Philanthropist, getting up and thrusting his hands down into his trousers-pockets, 'I don't go about measuring people for caps. If people find I have any about me that fit 'em, they can put 'em on and wear 'em, if they like. That's their look out: ...
— The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Charles Dickens
... night, after Hester had beat her hands down into the mattress and implored Gerald to close his accusing eyes, she sat up in bed, waiting for the first streak of dawn to show itself, railing at the pain ...
— The Vertical City • Fannie Hurst
... turned the trick right enough, but don't flatter yourself that you did it. If it hadn't been for a sheer accident that no man alive could foresee or prevent, I'd have won hands down. I haven't been beaten by you, and so I don't bear grudge. And I've no intention of bringing a libel action to gratify your longing for the limelight. I'll just sit tight and let the Hudson Bay ...
— Swirling Waters • Max Rittenberg
... to see what was the matter. I got a few more words in. 'Cheer up, old man. We're winning hands down.' ...
— Greenmantle • John Buchan
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