single-hand
Americanverb (used with object)
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Soon he will begin single-hand plyometrics, gearing that stage of the rehab process to his pitching motion.
From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022
This weapon has a small single-hand musket stock, and the bell-mouthed barrel is filled nearly to the muzzle with powder and round bullets the size of buckshot.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
It had been a little thing in itself, but it meant much to a woman playing a desperate single-hand in the equally desperate Klondike rush of ’97.
From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by London, Jack
For soft rock, single-hand drilling is from 20 to 30% cheaper than double-hand, but this difference does not hold good for the harder rocks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
I well remember that she played a good game of single-hand euchre, and that we had many pleasant games together.
From Life Gleanings by Macon, T. J.
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