handshaker

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handshaker

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From hand + shaker.

noun handshakers · hand-shaker · hand shaker

One who gives a handshake. A potentially great statesman is not likely to be by natural inclination an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie; yet, no one who is not an enthusiastic, grinning, and indefatigable handshaker, babykisser and small-talkie walkie can become a great
US, slang A deceitful person, a swindler.

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@misc{handshaker_2026,
  title = {handshaker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handshaker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}