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handclasp
[ hand-klasp, -klahsp ]
noun
- a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
handclasp
/ ˈhændˌklɑːsp /
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Example Sentences
Again in northern India we had the loving handclasp of a fellow missionary and the cordial welcome to a missionary home.
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She gravely extended her hand to meet his and the hatchet was buried in that handclasp.
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O how my heart aches even now as I think of the tears they shed and of their warm handclasp.
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He knows, too, that a few words suffice in the great decisions of life, and that the handclasp of manly love speaks volumes.
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Then Lieutenant Abercrombie gave each of these brothers in arms a hearty handclasp.
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