handprint

[hand-print]

noun

1. an impression or mark made with the palm and fingers on a surface.

handprint

/ ˈhændˌprɪnt /

noun

1. 1. the mark left by the impression of a hand

   2. ( as modifier )

      a handprint scanner

Example Sentences

Wielding a sledgehammer to help clear the wreckage of the lodge in February, I found remnants of that community that the fire had spared: an iron triangle we struck before community dinners, a coffee cup I drank from after all-night revelries with friends, and a handprint pressed into cement by a long-ago member.

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During an emotionally charged event, one women stood with her back to the prime minster in protest, a black handprint painted across her mouth.

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They also hosted a handprint ceremony — à la Hollywood Walk of Fame — for Trejo’s father, the iconic actor Danny Trejo, who grew up in Echo Park and appeared in the original film.

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Curator Helen Strudwick said the complete handprint, which dates to 2055 to 1650BC, was "a rare and exciting" find.

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"I have never seen such a complete handprint on an Egyptian object before."

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