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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

sleevehand en · NOUN

Etymology

From sleeve + hand.

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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sleevehands Number=Plur lexicographic