glad-hander
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The Yalie glad-hander with a legendary pained half-smile campaigned heavily against Fine in the days leading up to the special election, even as he knew it was useless.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025
The glad-hander from New Orleans’ Irish Channel couldn’t stay away, accepting a position as an industrial recruiter in the new Treen administration.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021
He was neither a glad-hander nor a social networker.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2020
But McCarthy was a strange man: cerebral, aloof, not a glad-hander, strangely uncompetitive.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2018
Don't be a "glad-hander" but do at least your share.
From Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? by Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul)
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