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grass hand

grass hand noun: an additional worker taken on at busy times.

Noun

grass hand (plural grass hands)

  1. (archaic) An additional worker taken on at busy times.
    • Some strong criticism was expressed at the present practice of taking on grass hands, and the inconvenience and unpleasantness resulting from it in various foundries.1921, British and Colonial Printer and Stationer: And Newspaper Press
    • A dispute has arisen on the "Referee" owing to some men holding full frames working as grass hands on Saturday afternoons.The Printing Review (page 112)
  2. (dated) Grass script; caoshu.

Forms of grass hand

pluralgrass hands

Questions about grass hand

What does grass hand mean?
Grass hand means an additional worker taken on at busy times.
What part of speech is grass hand?
Grass hand is a noun.
What is the plural of grass hand?
The plural of grass hand is grass hands.

Words near grass hand in the dictionary

  1. Grass Flat
  2. grass frog
  3. grass frogs
  4. grass grub
  5. grass grubs
  6. grass hand
  7. grass hands
  8. grass hockey
  9. grass jelly
  10. grass knot
  11. grass knots

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