high hand
Example Sentences
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The rookie left tackle Matt Kalil was particularly impressive, showing great ferocity and strength on his high hand punch.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2012
Gen. Butler also was in the lobby when Williams reeled up to him and warned him he could not rule with a high hand in the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
The winner must make the best high hand he can out of his two hole cards and three from the community pile.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Charles de Gaulle, who had played the politics of grandeur with a high hand, had got his fingers pinched in Syria.
From Time Magazine Archive
The doctor had tried the high hand with her, since when, wherever he went the miners placed their hands on their shoulders, and groaned: 'Oh my collar-bone!'
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
