What does handpost mean?
Handpost means A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions..
Long Ash Lane cut athwart them, right and left; and they saw that at the junction of the four ways, under the handpost, a grave was dug, into which, as the choir drew nigh, a corpse had just been thrown by the four Sidlinch men employed for the purpose.
Here too were the dainty frontispiece and trim vignette, pointing like handposts on the outskirts of great cities, to the rich stock of incident beyond […]
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Handpost means A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions..
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Long Ash Lane cut athwart them, right and left; and they saw that at the junction of the four ways, under the handpost, a grave was dug, into which, as the choir drew nigh, a corpse had just been thrown by the four Sidlinch men employed for the purpose.
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