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redhanded en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of red-handed.
   alt of red-handed
   • ...the prosecuting attorney referred to the defendant as a “murderer” in one instance, and in another as a “redhanded murderer.” 1936, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the territory of Arizona, Volume 47, page 239:
   • No, Yellow Hat had stupidly, I'm sure, jailed me in Fate's main vault!; he'd put a redhanded thief rover adrift but jailed in a warehouse of his main desire. 1993, Steven Culbert, The Beautiful Woman Without Mercy &, The King of Scarecrows, →ISBN, page 54:
   • Never seen 'im but onct—mought be a redhanded 'sass'n—ur a thief—ur—ur—ur anythin'! 1913, Edwin Carlile Litsey, A Maid of the Kentucky Hills, →ISBN:

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