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BACKHANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backhander mean? 

BACKHANDER (noun)
  The noun BACKHANDER has 1 sense:

1. a backhanded blowplay

  Familiarity information: BACKHANDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKHANDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A backhanded blow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("backhander" is a kind of...):

blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)


 Context examples 


He ended a string of abuse by a vicious backhander, which I failed to entirely avoid.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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