What does hand-out mean?
Hand-out means (racquets, real tennis, squash) A player to whom a ball is served..
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/ˈhændaʊt/ · noun
(racquets, real tennis, squash) A player to whom a ball is served..
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.
Use hand-out when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hand-out means (racquets, real tennis, squash) A player to whom a ball is served..
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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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