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Andrea Robinson, an 18-year-old psychology major at the University of Kansas, hollered while doing the open-handed chop with the crowd.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

There’s “the OK” – slightly effete, open-handed, with the thumb and forefinger pinched together and the wrist cocked and loose.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2017

You’re not dishonoring him by being open-handed with what you’ve received, and it’s not wrong to want to help out a woman who’s struggling to make ends meet.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2015

The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013

I would be valiant, open-handed, frank, and pure of heart, courteous — the soul of chivalry.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz




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