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green handshakes

green handshakes is the plural of green handshake.

Meaning of green handshake

Noun

green handshake (plural green handshakes)

  1. (idiomatic) A bribe, or a transfer of money that the interested parties represent as a tip but that disinterested third parties are likely to view as a bribe.
    • ended the long local tradition of green handshakes for building inspectors

Questions about green handshakes

What is green handshakes the plural of?
Green handshakes is the plural of green handshake.

Words near green handshakes in the dictionary

  1. green hairstreaks
  2. Green Hammerton
  3. green hand
  4. green hands
  5. green handshake
  6. green handshakes
  7. Green Harbor
  8. green hastings
  9. green head
  10. Green Heart
  11. green hellebore

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