hand-out

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hand-out

/ˈhændaʊt/ UK
/ˈhændˌaʊt/ US

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Deverbal from hand out.

noun hand-outs

A player to whom a ball is served.
alternative Alternative form of handout They dropped old Henry at Tarpin, where he soon drank up all his wages. When Rapp picked him up there, he was living on hand-outs.

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@misc{hand_out_2026,
  title = {hand-out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hand-out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}