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handbacks

handbacks is the plural of handback.

Meaning of handback

Noun

handback (plural handbacks)

  1. The act of handing something back.
    • 'Route director Gary Walsh and I will be refreshing the meeting structures and we are already looking much more at passenger issues and areas like late handbacks of possessions.'2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 59

Questions about handbacks

What is handbacks the plural of?
Handbacks is the plural of handback.

Words near handbacks in the dictionary

  1. Handan
  2. handax
  3. handaxe
  4. handaxes
  5. handback
  6. handbacks
  7. handbag
  8. handbag clip
  9. handbag house
  10. handbagful
  11. handbagged

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