hand and foot
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Roughly 2,000 years old, the bronze woman is damaged: the absence of her shorn-off right hand and foot is glaring.
From Salon
Its wish list includes: non-wool blankets, hand and foot warmers, rain coats, socks, gloves, hygiene supplies like toothpaste and deodorant and nonperishable food.
From Seattle Times
A perfect metaphor to highlight the repulsive and obscene levels of wealth and privilege these people hold and forget about so easily as they have people wait on them hand and foot.
From Salon
Toxic Shock is a 30-meter-long crack climb, in which climbers follow a crack in the rock rather than using protruding hand and foot holds.
From Seattle Times
Britain's Emma Raducanu has pulled out of an exhibition match in Macau at the start of December as she continues her rehabilitation from hand and foot operations.
From BBC
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