单词 | by safe hand |
释义 | > as lemmasby safe hand A trusted and secure bearer or courier; (also) secure care. Now chiefly in by safe hand. ΚΠ 1643 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. Irish Confederation (1882) II. 207 We aucthorish you..to take £100, for we know not by what saulfe hand heere to returne you a bill of exchange. 1664 Earl of Arlington Let. 24 July (1701) II. 32 As for the mistake of our Cyphers,..I immediately betook my self to the use of Mr. Coventry's, which I shall continue till I have an opportunity of sending you a new one by a safe hand. 1730 R. L'Estrange's Fables & Stories Moralized II. clxx. 169 Not one Word to any Mortal of this Unlucky Affair; your Honour is in safe Hand. 1874 S. J. MacKenna At School with Old Dragoon 376 I want you..to send them up to this address in Paris to be done, and forward them to me by safe hand. 1947 Ld. Mountbatten Let. 12 June in India Office Rec. (1450 GG 43 Coll. I.) p. 31 Please follow it up with the letter, which should be sent by safehand of pilot. 2003 S. Hazzard Great Fire iii. 48 Secrecy..is controlled here by the American Bomb Survey... Even this far from conspiratorial letter goes by safe hand. < as lemmas |
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