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glad hands

glad hands is the plural of glad hand.

Meaning of glad hand

Noun

glad hand (plural glad hands)

  1. A warm welcome offered to a guest by a host.
    • And with that he gave me the "glad hand" and a pat on the shoulder.1917 July, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 180, column 2
  2. A coupling device used on semi-trailer trucks for attaching air brake lines from the tractor to the trailer.

Questions about glad hands

What is glad hands the plural of?
Glad hands is the plural of glad hand.

Words near glad hands in the dictionary

  1. glacéing
  2. glacés
  3. glad
  4. glad and sorry
  5. glad hand
  6. glad hands
  7. glad rags
  8. glad tidings
  9. glad wrap
  10. glad-eye
  11. glad-eyed

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