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He's pleased that it's his customers who have voted for him and his team, rather than some shabby crew of critics; he's delighted that it justifies four years of very hard work; thrilled for what it says about his conviction that top flight, big-fisted food doesn't have to be served in uptight, prissy, overly formal surroundings.

Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh Jay Rayner 2010

The Morriseys were a huge breed, and there were many strapping great sons and uncles, heavy-booted, big-fisted, rough - voiced.

Chapter 4 2010

Its fans regard her seasonal, big-fisted ingredient-led food as the epitome of all that is right.

The 20 best places to eat in Britain this summer 2010

When the Museum of Arts and Design opened in a newly refurbished building in New York last week, it was a Cinderella ending to a big-fisted civic brawl.

Love the New Skin You’re In 2008

He, too, came face to face with thousands of ruddy, big-fisted men and listened to their equally plain-spoken addresses, prepared and extemporaneous.

Deep Furrows Hopkins Moorhouse

Everywhere he went he faced thousands of ruddy, big-fisted men who read addresses to him and did a lot of extemporaneous talking which was no less forceful and complete than the prepared briefs.

Deep Furrows Hopkins Moorhouse

The big-fisted brute can't write a hand that anybody could read.

Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley 1918

The Morriseys were a huge breed, and there were many strapping great sons and uncles, heavy-booted, big-fisted, rough - voiced.

Chapter IV 1913

Here I found four men, each with his pipe and tankard, to whom a large, red-faced, big-fisted fellow was holding forth in a high state of heat and indignation.

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915

I had no big-fisted uncle to thump me persuasively when I needed it; had fortune granted me one I might have been a very different man, Lisbeth.

My Lady Caprice Jeffery Farnol 1915