man-handle en · VERB
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of manhandle.
alt of manhandle
As the ends of the up and down platforms are not opposite each other, it is not possible to provide the ordinary type of barrow crossing, and the full churns were too heavy to be man-handled up and down the stairs of the footbridge.
1951 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Milk Platform at Beccles”, in Railway Magazine, page 717:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| man-handling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| man-handled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| man-handled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| man-handles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |