hand-running
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hand-running
First recorded in 1820–30; extension of “in the run of a hand,” a reference to a card player receiving several good cards in a single deal, and implying quick succession
Example Sentences
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In fact, for two years hand-running, almost daily, and in spite of the three-legged shepherd’s fang-baring snarls, Bernabe had been ticketing Onofre’s perambulating junk heap.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
You can tell the same story twice, hand-running, which is more than most folks can do.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
I told her," he stated sweepingly, "that you'd been on a big jamboree and had licked fourteen men hand-running.
From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.
Why, I don't hardly ride the same cayuse the second day, straight hand-running.
From Bar-20 Days by Mulford, Clarence Edward
Dine with me here three nights hand-running and they'll let you into the Syndicate by the back door without even asking your name.
From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph
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