note of hand
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of note of hand
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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The farmer, after a moment's hesitation, dared to pronounce, too, the words "note of hand."
From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle
He mingled now with those within whose veins The blood ran pure—the magnates of the land— Hail'd them as his companions and his friends, And lent them money and his note of hand.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Halleck, Fitz-Greene
The Bible; New use of a note of hand; The Ship of Death; Taste in tombstones; Tennyson's Word-painting, 573.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
He was already sufficiently startled by a letter from the Temple of the Tirthankers at Benares, enclosing a native banker's note of hand for three hundred rupees, and an amazing prayer to 'Almighty God.'
From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard
Perhaps, if you had had strength and spirits enough, you would have felt offended by my offering a note of hand, or rather expressed it.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
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