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/hand"wosh", -wawsh"/, v.t.to launder by hand rather than by washing machine: to hand-wash socks in a hotel-room sink.Also, hand-launder.
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hand — See: at hand, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, bite the hand that feeds one, clean hands, dirty one s hands, eat out of one s hand, force one s hand, free hand, from hand to hand, glad hand, ham handed, hang heavy or hang heavy on one s … Словарь американских идиом
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