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handystroke

handystroke noun: a blow with the hand.

Noun

handystroke (plural handystrokes)

  1. (archaic) A blow with the hand.
    • Presently as our Captain perceived their shot to come slacking, as the latter drops of a great shower of rain, with his whistle he gave us his usual signal, to answer them with our shot and arrows, and so march onwards upon the enemy, with intent to come to handy-strokes, and to have joined with...1910, Philip Nichols, Sir Francis Drake Revived, Sir Francis Drake Revived

Forms of handystroke

pluralhandystrokes

Questions about handystroke

What does handystroke mean?
Handystroke means a blow with the hand.
What part of speech is handystroke?
Handystroke is a noun.
What is the plural of handystroke?
The plural of handystroke is handystrokes.

Words near handystroke in the dictionary

  1. handymen
  2. handypeople
  3. handyperson
  4. handypersons
  5. handysize
  6. handystroke
  7. handystrokes
  8. handywoman
  9. handywomen
  10. handywork
  11. handyworks

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