palmed

[ pahmd ]

adjective

having a palm or palms of a specified kind (often used in combination): a wide-palmed hand.

Origin of palmed

1350–1400; Middle English. See palm¹, -ed³

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The heir that fate had palmed upon him might very well be doomed to go the way so many infants went!
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Only Mr. Narkom, used to the ways of his famous associate, saw that he had "palmed" it into his pocket.
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