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hand-sold

hand-sold is the simple past and past participle of hand-sell.

Meaning of hand-sell

Verb

hand-sell (third-person singular simple present hand-sells, present participle hand-selling, simple past and past participle hand-sold)

  1. The sell an item by making personal contact with the customer to showcase the item and build rapport.
    • Luckily I happened to be in Tamworth for Country Music Week, hand-selling books on the street[.]2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 14

Questions about hand-sold

What is hand-sold the simple past and past participle of?
Hand-sold is the simple past and past participle of hand-sell.

Words near hand-sold in the dictionary

  1. hand-signals
  2. hand-sitter
  3. hand-sitters
  4. hand-sling
  5. hand-slings
  6. hand-sold
  7. hand-spike
  8. hand-spikes
  9. hand-spring
  10. hand-springs
  11. hand-stitched

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