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GLAD HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glad hand mean?
• GLAD HAND (noun)
The noun GLAD HAND has 1 sense:
1. a warm welcome; may be insincere
Familiarity information: GLAD HAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warm welcome; may be insincere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("glad hand" is a kind of...):
welcome (a greeting or reception)
Context examples
“You can give me the glad hand to-night, mister,” he cried.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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