handshaker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of handshaker
Example Sentences
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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
He is the Senate's most inveterate handshaker and backslapper.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tireless public speaker, an able bowler, a backslapping handshaker, he has run for ten offices without tasting defeat.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the five weeks since carrying the New Hampshire primary, he had proved himself a truly magnificent handshaker, fried chicken eater, baby admirer, Kiwanis hypnotizer and a past master of the big platitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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