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sleevehands

sleevehands is the plural of sleevehand.

Meaning of sleevehand

Noun

sleevehand (plural sleevehands)

  1. (obsolete) The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
    • you would think a / smock were a she-angel, he so chants to the sleevehand / and the work about the square on't.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, act 4, scene 4

Questions about sleevehands

What is sleevehands the plural of?
Sleevehands is the plural of sleevehand.

Words near sleevehands in the dictionary

  1. sleeveface
  2. sleevefaces
  3. sleeveful
  4. sleevefuls
  5. sleevehand
  6. sleevehands
  7. sleeveholder
  8. sleeveholders
  9. sleeveless
  10. sleeveless errand
  11. sleeveless errands

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