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
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
If the "buckeye" was hand-painting, this was "single-hand" painting, and it did not take a generation to bring the change about, only a season.
From Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke
“No raff need, cappen; givee me you gun—Saloo swim single-hand well as two; he cally the gun.”
From The Castaways by Pearse, Lolbran
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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