note of hand
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of note of hand
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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A few thousands on your simple note of hand?
From A Double Knot by George Manville Fenn
"A note of hand, and without security, I believe."
From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks
In some countries a note of hand, with endorsement of each user, may make exchanges until it is covered with endorsements.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
"I have come," the visitor repeated, "to collect a note of hand for three thousand francs, due to-morrow; but to-morrow being a holiday, it falls due the day before."
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Charles Paul de Kock
He mingled now with those within whose veins The blood ran pure—the magnates of the land— Hail'd them as his companions and his friends, And lent them money and his note of hand.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck
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