1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens v. lxxxii. 112 We had no circumspect Physitian try'de: No Lady-handed Surgeon [Port. cirurgião subtil] was there found.
1724 A. Ramsay 26 The Lady-handed Lad.
1876 ‘V. Fane’ 80 I have a curate, he is fair and slight, And lady-handed, with a tenor voice, Most limp and inoffensive in his ways. He has not hair enough upon his chin.