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  • 71handle — 1. verb 1) handle the vase carefully Syn: hold, pick up, grasp, grip, lift, finger 2) a car which is easy to handle Syn: control, drive, steer, operate, manoeuvre …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 72handle —   1. Touch. Lawelawe, limalima, lole, lapulapu, mili;    ♦ handle over and over, milika a;    ♦ handle, as a court case, hana.    ♦ Easily handled, mili opu.    ♦ One who handles filth, limalima pilau.   2. Shaft. Au, kū au, pa a lima, kano, kau; …

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  • 73handle to one's name — {n. phr.}, {slang} A special title used before your name. * /Jim s father has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson./ * /Bob came back from the University with a handle to his name and was called Dr. Jones./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 74handle to one's name — {n. phr.}, {slang} A special title used before your name. * /Jim s father has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson./ * /Bob came back from the University with a handle to his name and was called Dr. Jones./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 75Handle with Care (album) — Infobox Album Name = Handle with Care Type = compilation Longtype = Artist = Various artists Released = 1970 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = Label = Probe Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Handle With Care is a sampler… …

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  • 76Handle-o-Meter — The Handle o Meter is a testing machine developed by Johnson Johnson and now manufactured by Thwing Albert that measures the handle , i.e. a combination of surface friction and flexibility of sheeted materials. Originally it was used to test the… …

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  • 77Handle — 1. title in front of a name; 2. person s name; 3. beer glass with a handle; 4. contents of such a glass; 5. accept without being shocked, annoyed, etc.; accept (something) well: Handle it, will ya? …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 78handle — I Australian Slang 1. title in front of a name; 2. person s name; 3. beer glass with a handle; 4. contents of such a glass; 5. accept without being shocked, annoyed, etc.; accept (something) well: Handle it, will ya? II Inglish (Indian English)… …

    English dialects glossary

  • 79handle — [OE] Etymologically, a handle is nothing more or less than ‘something to be held in the hand’. Likewise the verb handle, together with Germanic relatives like German handeln and Swedish handla, began life as ‘hold, touch, feel with the hands’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 80handle\ to\ one's\ name — n. phr. slang A special title used before your name. Jim s father has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson. Bob came back from the University with a handle to his name and was called Dr. Jones …

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