Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An outline or indentation left by a hand.
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- noun A mark or trace left by a hand, including more than fingerprints.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note: Yes that adorable handprint is Daniel’s and was on the front of a delightful Mother’s Day card he made for me at school.
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Note: Yes that adorable handprint is Daniel’s and was on the front of a delightful Mother’s Day card he made for me at school.
It’s not like I suddenly woke up this way « Adventures in Juggling 2007
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Reducing the number of people allowed into vaults where secret information is stored and putting in place high-tech security devices -- like electronic code locks or "biometric" devices (such as handprint-scanners) -- to record the movements of people into restricted areas.
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On one of our outings, we went to the village of Castillo to see the ancient "handprint" pictographs that were painted by the indigenous Tehuelche people.
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On one of our outings, we went to the village of Castillo to see the ancient "handprint" pictographs that were painted by the indigenous Tehuelche people.
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Lewis echoed that view and said Cadigan had his "handprint" on many of the fees imposed on builders.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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Nothing remotely close to that would have been forthcoming without Obama's handprint on it.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Doesn't Deserve the Knock From Wall Street Occupiers Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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Nothing remotely close to that would have been forthcoming without Obama's handprint on it.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Doesn't Deserve the Knock From Wall Street Occupiers Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011
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There, above her heart, a black handprint marked her skin.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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She tried to pull away, slapped my shirt with one hand and left a bloody handprint on it.
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