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See also: twohanded
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
two-handed (not comparable)
- Using or designed for use by both hands at once.
- Involving, or designed for use by, two people.
- a two-handed game of cards
- Ambidextrous.
- Having two hands.
- (UK, slang, dated) Good with one's fists; able to fight well.
- 1845, The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, page 355:
- The Baker was a two-handed hitter, and seemed perfectly awake to the business before him.
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References[edit]
- (able to fight well): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Adverb[edit]
two-handed (not comparable)
- In a two-handed manner.