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Handshake   /hˈændʃˌeɪk/   Listen
Handshake

noun
1.
Grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract).  Synonyms: handclasp, handshaking, shake.



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"Handshake" Quotes from Famous Books



... more to be said and the rest was done very quietly and quickly. A brief farewell, a handshake for everyone, and he ...
— The Border Watch - A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand • Joseph A. Altsheler

... seemed strangely attractive to him. His father had tried time and time again to have it changed to something with a little more push and verve about it, such as "Hades—Your Opportunity," or else a plain "Welcome" sign set over a hearty handshake pricked out in electric lights. The old motto was a little depressing, Mr. Unger ...
— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald

... and the chauffeur was piling his luggage on top of it, so, with a final handshake, Wallie said good-bye, perhaps forever, to his ...
— The Dude Wrangler • Caroline Lockhart

... handshake quite as heartily. "Glad to see you. We were beginning to think we were marooned ...
— Across the Mesa • Jarvis Hall

... of Newcome, came out of the Hotel de Hollande at this moment. Barnes slunk back, seeing Jack Belsize's hairy face. Kew ran over the bridge. "Good-bye, Clive. Good-bye, Jack." "Good-bye, Kew." It was a great handshake. Away goes the postillion blowing his horn, and young Hannibal has left ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray


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