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single handed

single handed is the alternative form of single-handed.

Meaning of single-handed

Adjective

single-handed (not comparable)

  1. Without help from others; unassisted.
    • It worked through from Swindon with a test train of 16 coaches and the new W.R. dynamometer car, the whole totalling 571 tons; this is one of the heaviest trains ever worked by a single-handed locomotive over the South Devon banks—in fact, it was competently restarted from a test stop on Dainton...1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 280
  2. Using only one hand.
  3. Designed for only one hand.

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Questions about single handed

What is single handed the alternative form of?
Single handed is the alternative form of single-handed.

Words near single handed in the dictionary

  1. single fathers
  2. single file
  3. single files
  4. single Gloucester
  5. single Gloucesters
  6. single handed
  7. single jack
  8. single jacks
  9. single justice procedure
  10. single justice procedures
  11. single lens reflex

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