running hand

noun

script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.

Origin of running hand

First recorded in 1640–50

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She wrote with a firm, running hand, and as from an overflowing mind, without stopping to gather her thoughts.
The Bastonnais | John Lesperance
On top of my mail next morning lay a small envelope, unstamped, and addressed to me in a free running hand.
The House of a Thousand Candles | Meredith Nicholson
The message was scrawled in a free, running hand, with several erasures, as if it had been taken over a telephone.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. Quirk
They were running hand in hand, the man a little in front dragging his companion on by force.
The Crack of Doom | Robert Cromie
This they undertook to do, by main strength and sweat, running hand over hand the float-line of a net.
Tales of the Fish Patrol | Jack London

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