What does toom-handed mean?
Toom-handed means (Scotland, dialect) Emptyhanded..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(Scotland, dialect) Emptyhanded..
Tis maybe better, I'll take fat ye gee, Ye're nae toom-handed gin your heart be free
I wis he had na been so headstrong ; but it's a' his ain fault : howsever, it would na be canny to gang toom-handed, and I hae got a bit bill for five score pounds that I'm mindit to gie him.
It's but sma' propine ; but I wad na come a'- thegither toom-handed, were it but for luck's sake
What's come o' our supper, goodman, that you are coming toom-handed? Do you no think it is time your guests had something to eat, or hae ye naething either to eat or drink in this great gousty castle?
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Toom-handed means (Scotland, dialect) Emptyhanded..
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Tis maybe better, I'll take fat ye gee, Ye're nae toom-handed gin your heart be free
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