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Persons employed in a factory. We say so many head of cattle; horse-dealers count noses. Races are won by the nose, and factory work by the hand, but cattle have the place of honour.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hamstring
Han
Hanap
Hanaper
Hand
i. Hand (A)
ii. Hand
iii. Hand
iv. Hand
v. Hand
Hands
Hands
Hand - book
Hand-gallop
Hand Paper
Hand-post (A)
Hand Round (To)
Hand and Glove (They are)
Hand and Seal
Hand-in-Hand
Hand of Cards

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