little hand

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little hand

noun little hands

idiomatic Synonym of hour hand (on a clock face). When we get to the half-hour, the little hand will be halfway between the two numbers.
Similar: hour hand · Opposite: big hand
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, hand: for example, a small body part. Her little hands were amazingly deft. One time we needed to retrieve a bobbin from behind the machine, and she was the one who managed to grab it!

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@misc{little_hand_2026,
  title = {little hand},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/little%20hand},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}