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  • 'handshaker' for the firm; that is, 'manager' of the customers 'room.

    Successful Stock Speculation John James Butler

  • The kiddo is a big handshaker, but I still have to remind him to wash his hands before meals, after using the bathroom, etc., so I know he's washing as necessary.

    Do You Avoid Shaking Hands? | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Richardson is a world-class handshaker, an approachable, look-you-in-the-eye kind of guy, and Phillip had no trouble at all getting his attention.

    Matt Simon: Richardson - Yes To Medical Grass Nationwide 2008

  • I realise that by even mentioning Freemasonry on the web I've probably alerted every special handshaker in the country to my distrust of them.

    Where to Buy a Masonic Corkscrew? Kerron Cross 2006

  • I realise that by even mentioning Freemasonry on the web I've probably alerted every special handshaker in the country to my distrust of them.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Kerron Cross 2006

  • For I, your dear Uncle Bob, is the coolest handshaker on the earth now.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2006

  • Every time a guy does that to me, I'm reminded once again that I'm the most uncool handshaker on the face of the earth because I haven't kept up with the latest in handshaking.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2006

  • A former test pilot, he'd marched through a career so accomplished that one would expect a bluff-hearty handshaker to have done it.

    The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

  • As he spoke he grasped the hand which extended from George's right sleeve and as George at that same moment turned quickly away, the astonished handshaker stood holding in his grasp an arm which had apparently come from the sleeve of the boy.

    Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Ross Kay

  • Thus, handshaker came to mean a soldier sycophantic to officers, to bust got the new meaning of to demote, and the cowboy outfit was borrowed for general military use.

    Chapter 11. American Slang. 2. War Slang Henry Louis 1921

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