single-hand
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- single-hander noun
- single-handing noun
Example Sentences
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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
The length of the rod for single-hand fly fishing should be from twelve to thirteen feet long—a length which may be used with great facility without tiring the arm.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
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.
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
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