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grass hands

grass hands is the plural of grass hand.

Meaning of grass hand

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
  2. (dated) Grass script; caoshu.

Questions about grass hands

What is grass hands the plural of?
Grass hands is the plural of grass hand.

Words near grass hands in the dictionary

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

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