text hand

American  

noun

1. handwriting characterized by large neat letters.

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Etymology

Origin of text hand

First recorded in 1535–45

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Example Sentences

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text hand

There is the round hand, and the Italian hand, the text hand, and the running hand.

From Four Early Pamphlets by William Godwin

I wrote the name in a fine text hand, as though to say, "No more blunders, madam, this is large as print."

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever

You are a scholar, sir," she said, "and of some note, as I have heard; yet you seem wondrous slow in reading text hand.

From Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott

"A vile greasy scrawl, indeed—and the letters are uncial or semi-uncial, as somebody calls your large text hand, and in size and perpendicularity resemble the ribs of a roasted pig—I can hardly make it out."

From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott

Rather dreamily she took out a number of copy-books, and began to write copies in them in large text hand.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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