hand-running

American  

[hand-ruhn-ing] / ˈhændˈrʌn ɪŋ /

adverb

1. in unbroken succession; consecutively.

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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

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Example Sentences

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hand-running

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

Moreover, some days later, the Boreal had found herself in a bank of cod making away northward, millions of fish, for I saw them, and one afternoon caught three, hand-running, with the hook.

From The Purple Cloud by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel

"I'm invited to Mrs. Alderson's next week," Gertrude continued, "and I've nothing on earth to wear but that everlasting old white muslin that I've worn five times hand-running."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 by Various

The boys often took part in the games, and Chet showed his skill as a boxer by flooring two of the tars hand-running.

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Edward Stratemeyer

Of course the arrow never went the sucker's way twice hand-running, and equally, of course, it was a game where the dealer got all of the money.

From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen

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