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noun

hand-out, handout n.

Money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand-outs to welfare clients.

A printed circular distributed gratis, usually for political or advertising purposes.

A printed statement distributed, usually to the news media.

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Etymology of 'Hand-out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hand-out" Quotes from Famous Books

... then I'm to sort o' hang aroun' an' keep watch while he goes in an' gives the old nut a gentle tap on the coco, an' cops the sparks. That's what we done. I goes up an' takes a few looks aroun', then I whistles an' he appears from the back, an' goes up to the kitchen for a handout. The old guy opens the door, an' he goes in. About a minute later he comes out an' gives me a handful o' little rocks—them I had—an' we go away. He catches a freight goin' west, an' I ...

— The Diamond Master • Jacques Futrelle

... dusk blended into the night, after they had supped upon a handout that he had begged at a farm house, Kansas Shorty pointed his hand in the direction of some oaks which were growing some distance from the highway and told Jim that beneath the tallest of them was the place where they were to meet ...

— The Trail of the Tramp • A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)