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Big hand   /bɪg hænd/   Listen
Big hand

noun
1.
Points to the minutes.  Synonym: minute hand.






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"Big hand" Quotes from Famous Books



... with a lively recollection in his mind of the big hand that had played with his collar so ...
— An Australian Lassie • Lilian Turner

... hand that steadied her as she hurried forward in the darkness. It was a big hand, and she was able to grasp only two fingers of it. But that clinging hold made her feel that their friendship was established. She was not at all surprised at her complete change of attitude toward him. It ...
— The Poor Little Rich Girl • Eleanor Gates

... straight up to him, laid a big hand on his shoulder—the hand that wanted a finger—and, without a word, dragged him to the middle of the room. Kinlay turned quickly round, and putting his hand on his sheath knife drew the weapon. Without hesitation Paterson stepped forward and dealt a tremendous ...
— The Pilots of Pomona • Robert Leighton

... ye may boss the wool business. But this is the mayor's side and the colonel is saying he's here to see His Honor. Colonel, ye'll take your seat and wait your turn!" He cupped his big hand under the emissary's elbow. ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day

... my Shepa'd," she commented, "an' I guess He'll not let me want. But He hasn't led me into green past'rs dis time. I wonder if de Good Lo'd made dis place, anyway," and she gazed ruefully around. "It looks to me as if de deb'l had a mighty big hand in it, fo' sich a mixed up contraption of a hole I nebber set my two eyes on befo'. An' to t'ink dat de Cun'l had to leab his nice home in Ol' Connec., an' come to a jumpin'-off place like dis. I hope de ever-lastin' fire will be seben times ...
— The King's Arrow - A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists • H. A. Cody


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