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hand screens

hand screens is the plural of hand screen.

Meaning of hand screen

Noun

hand screen (plural hand screens)

  1. (historical) A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.
    • She took me to her Boudoir, seated me on the soffa, fetched me a hand screen, and entered into a most spirited conversation, with all her old facility, and pleasantry, and singularity.1816, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 505

Questions about hand screens

What is hand screens the plural of?
Hand screens is the plural of hand screen.

Words near hand screens in the dictionary

  1. hand sannies
  2. hand sanny
  3. hand saw
  4. hand saws
  5. hand screen
  6. hand screens
  7. hand scrub
  8. hand scrubs
  9. hand shaker
  10. hand shakers
  11. hand shandies

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